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Dear Santa

Date: December 23, 2011
Author: Michelle
Michelle
Categories: Fun, Uncategorized
Comments: 2 Replies

Dear Santa,

I’ve been a very good girl this year. I’ve worked hard at my job and even harder with my writing. I’ve been a loving and attentive daughter, an affectionate doggie mom, and a caring friend.  It’s not been easy but I have the strength of my convictions and the supportive network of friends and family to help me get through.  So it is humbly that I write to you with my Christmas wishes.

Santa, I will fall asleep on Christmas eve and wish with all the might that you bring this one gift for me this year. I know you haven’t been able to find it in the past two years but I’m hopeful you will come through for me this time.  Please oh please Santa bring me a sexy man in a kilt. One that is taller than six feet, has big muscles and a chest to impress, and if he talks with a deep Scottish accent that’s even better. Let him have a passion for reading, the gift of intelligent conversation, a sense of humor, a respect for family; and lastly, the most important he should be honest and sincere. If the fates allow, let him have only eyes for me and a whole bunch of love in his heart.

I know this Christmas wish is purely selfish, but after the last few years Santa I deserve something good for just me.  :)

If you can’t find him Santa, I understand and will patiently wait for him to find me on his own. Here are the other things I’d wish for this Christmas.

A healthy and happy baby or two for my best friend.

A publishing contract or an agent for all my writing friends. Or at least the gift a inspiration for their next manuscript.

Good health for my grandparents.

Prosperity and some R&R for my parents. (Perhaps the winning lotto ticket?)

So Santa, if you could bring love, family, success, health, and wealth to me and to all that I love I would be eternally grateful.

Always a believer,

Michelle

 

 

Old Friends

Date: December 16, 2011
Author: Michelle
Michelle
Categories: Uncategorized
Comments: 2 Replies

I put my Christmas tree up this week.  Honestly, it’s never been one of my favorite traditions of Christmas.  I love the tree once it’s decorated but everything else, like picking it out, putting it up, or shlepping on lights, is just not a joyous event for me.  This year I purchased my very first artificial tree, and I can see the benefit to it but I do miss the smell of fresh pine.  (Not to mention the ability to cut off branches for pine boughs and various floral projects)

My favorite part of decorating the tree is actually pulling out my ornaments and reliving the stories of each one, or finding ones that were not a favorite but still make my heart feel all warm and fuzzy.  They are like having hundreds of little friends you only get to see once a year.  I have one ornament my grandmother gave me in the early 90′s or a fairy sitting on a leaf.  It’s my all time favorite and always goes to the top of the tree where I hold it in high honor.

This year I want to share a particular favorite warm memory with you. Long ago I went to Georgia for Thanksgiving with my husband.  We spent a wonderful holiday with my Uncle and Aunt and then went to Savannah for a few days.  I have to say it was a great vacation and my first taste of Savannah, a town of my heart, and I’d always wanted to go back. While we were there I purchased a hand painted sand dollar as an ornament.

As I shared in September I went to Savannah to attend the worlds most romantic and joyous wedding.  So when I pulled this ornament from its wrapping this year, tears gathered in my eyes and I held it close to my heart. After such a bitter and ugly divorce I try not to let those feelings come into play, but this year an ornament I might have had sad feelings for, was no longer a sense of pain, it brought on such fond memories and happiness.  I no longer share my visit to Savannah with my ex.  They are gone and in their place belong the memories I found there with my best friend and her new husband. My heart is filled with their love for one another and the special bond that only strengthened this year between my friend and I. This tiny little Christmas ornament will be a reminder for the rest of my life, of those moments that brought me such fulfillment and love.

I’m proud to say that lovely sand dollar has moved to the top of the tree, above my most favorite ornament and holds a much higher place of honor.

What about you?  What are your ornament stories?  What do you decorate your tree with?

Only a few more days -

Michelle