I have been alive on this earth for 58 years and in that time, I always believed that I would get in the swing of the holiday season long before December. But here it is, December 16, 2013 and I have nothing prepared for the holidays. It's almost Christmas and I have yet to mail one Christmas card, go shopping for one gift or decorations. I have no Christmas decorations or a tree. How did this happen again, I ask myself?
It was not one event but several events and multiple reasons that my holiday spirits are a bit dampened. Every time a Christmas television show comes on, I remind myself that it is not about decorations, pies, food, cookies, stockings, trees, gifts or shopping that makes this holiday season so special. Instead, Christmas is about the spirit of love and charity. One doesn't need money to express those intangible gifts. So I guess my situation is perfect for putting me in the right spirit of the season.
My husband Cephas and I lost our car after it broke down and was impounded by the police. Most of our belongings are in a storage one hundred miles away. We spent two weeks on a mountain at an intentional community ranch with other folks sharing stories by the wood stove. Now we are in a city fifty miles from that ranch sleeping in a small travel trailer in the backyard of another community where the main house, the food and the chores are shared by everyone. These two communities are linked in many ways and network together. Cephas and I are actually very blessed to be brought down in humility to the very basics in life.
Thank you God for showing us the true meaning of Christmas.
The Midnight Writer
Monday, December 16, 2013
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