Saturday, November 29, 2008

Waiting for Christmas on Bellingham Bay


The days immediately after Thanksgiving are hectic.  Black Friday shopping, the traffic and parking problems (even in our small city), running kids to lessons, sports, sleepovers, digging out the Christmas decorations from the attic and crawl spaces, and saying goodbye to friends and family we shared this holiday with can create stress.

I don't want to turn this into a Hallmark card or pretend to be Dr. Phil, but I think it is important, especially when so many remember what once was, that each of us have a way to put aside for awhile the problems we have as a nation, as families and as individuals, dig into the recesses of our memory and remember those times of peace, solitude, happiness and innocence.

It is a way to get through.............

Please enjoy this image of Mackenzie as she waits for Christmas, and pause...........

These are the best days of our lives..........

1 comment:

davido said...

wow paul, thanks for the lovely sentiment and image! the photo is a complete juxtaposition to our experience here in the florida keys - marathon, to be exact. i love the image of digging into the recesses of our memory . . . finding the positive . . . creating peace . . .

we look forward to seeing and reading more . . .