A Special Time

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 Yesterday I wrote about how I associate Thanksgiving with the Wizard of Oz.  It is less than a week before Thanksgiving and we’re beginning to make our plans.  I consider the week before Thanksgiving as the week we make our plans for that special day.  A Kava bar my son often goes to is planning a potluck Thanksgiving.  My wife says she might like to go.  Frankly, even if it’s just her and myself I’d like to just stay home as I like to avoid social settings.  But if she says we’re going then we’ll go.  

I can’t write enough about how special this time of year is.  We are making plans for my son and his friends to visit.  His coming is more about Christmas than decorations and gift shopping.  I’m really looking forward to his coming.  Christmas has always been crazy for us since my wife grew up celebrating with family.  My wife’s first Christmas with my family saw my father leaving to minister to a family that was experiencing the death of a family member on Christmas Day.  We grew up knowing our father might not be able to be with us on Christmas.  But for her that was different.

She’s used to a lot of family at Christmas and I got used to a lot of quiet Christmases.  But I’ve adapted and expected a lot of craziness at Christmas.  My kids grew up with the craziness of Christmas as we always had a lot of people at our house at Christmas.  Sometimes I miss the quiet of Christmas, but have come to accept the craziness of it.  My kids have too with my son telling his friends to accept a lot of craziness on Christmas.  

I still like the peacefulness of the day when I can get away from the craziness, but like Santa I look forward to the quiet when the holidays are over.  My grown sons are still kids at Christmas and hope they always are.  I hope that never changes.  I hope for them their Christmases are always crazy.  I hope that never changes.  My wife began a Christmas tradition of crazy Christmases and I’ve just come to accept it.  I’ve adapted in my old man ways.  

So, these are a few thoughts I have as the season is upon us.  So, it begins.  And I’ll find refuge from it all in my quiet times with my pipe.  Even on Christmas Day I’ll find my quiet moments.  Every year I say I won’t make it through all the craziness, but I manage.  So, let the craziness begin and I’ll find my quiet moments.  Today it is my Boswell pipe with Cellar Reserve and my coffee is Gevalia.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one you!

Dave

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