| Holiday season 2005 This holiday season I have decided to not "celebrate" This does not mean I will not rejoice. It does not mean I will not be happy. What it means is I'm not going to buy and or give away all the traditional meals/gifts/plane tickets/trees/ornaments/boxes and wrapping paper. It means I will not spend hours on the freeway. It means I will not spend countless time shopping for presents or dwell in guilt over gifts I wish I could have given . No trees, living rooms or front yards will be decorated and undecorated by me. I will wake up Christmas morning, try to be a blessing to those God has pushed in my path, have a healthy meal, and then come home and have a good night's sleep. I have nothing against the holiday season it is just that I have never not "celebrated" in 50 years. After 50 holidays I think I can afford to skip one. I told someone the other day, "it is not like summer, I would never miss celebrating the summer no matter how old I was or how many were behind me". May everyone who reads this e-mail have a wonderful/blessed/joyful holiday season in what ever way you choose to spend it. Patrick P. S. of course this frees you from the need/obligation/guilt of sending or expecting any gifts from mem me. |