Tell Me MOOR: The gift that keeps on giving...CHRISTMAS

Monday, December 27, 2010

The gift that keeps on giving...CHRISTMAS

The days after Christmas always leave my heart feeling sad. The parties are over, the presents are gone, the decor comes down, and the radio stations stop playing Christmas music. The season we've all been wating from comes and then goes in the blink of an eye. But today as I unpack our bags from an awesome weekend...I also have a happy feeling in my heart because of the new memories made, fun celebrations, and good things to come in 2011.

This Christmas was a special one as Pete and I were celebrating my completion of nursing school (on Dec. 19th-picture one) and looking forward to the coming year. . .SCHOOL FREE. We also had a warm and cozy Christmas seeing lots of family up in Seattle/Lynden. We watched our favorite holiday movies, ate yummy food, drank good wine, coffee, tea, and coco, played lots of ROOK, and cherished the moments with the ones we love. Last night we went to my cousin and dear friend Leah's wedding reception. She was married to a wonderful guy (MARCO) from Honduras this past November. It was pretty neat sharing in their happiness and seeing many friends (picture two) and relatives whom we've not seen in a long time. It was a JOYFUL weekend ALL around.

We feel blessed by all the love we have from the amazing people in our life. I, Maggie, am personally so thankful to pete,my family, friends, and co-students for their support and encouragement in helping me accomplish my dream of becoming a NURSE. That was the best Christmas gift I got. :)

All this good cheer got me to thinking that the warmth and love at Christmas keeps us going through the year and keeps us anticipating next year's Christmas. Christmas, in itself, is the gift that keeps giving...the traditions, the laughs, and most importantly celebrating the birth of Jesus. We know that even when it all ends...it will come back around in 365 days.

So this week...as you take down your tree, pack your Christmas lights back in the box, or eat the last Christmas cookie on the plate...don't feel sad because it is over...feel blessed because you got to live and experience another Christmas. Make the memories last through out the whole year and look forward to making new ones next Christmas!

2 comments:

ZachDecember 28, 2010 at 9:58 AM
I missed playing Rook this year, my Christmas was not complete!
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MaggieDecember 28, 2010 at 2:16 PM
We missed playing with you too Zach! I was a big loser this year, but it was still fun. Pete is moving up in the world of Rook. He is tough to beat. Hopefully next year we can get some good games in! I can't wait to teach Elle to play!

love love!
-Mags
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Our Theme Song

"Better Together"

By Jack Johnson

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepiatone loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing it's always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at them stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree now

It's always better when we're together
Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MMmmmm MMMmmmm Mmmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no, combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together.

Our Favorite Poem

Bits and pieces.

People. People important to you, people unimportant to you cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness and move on. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of relief and wonder why you ever came into contact with them. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wonder why they had to go away and leave such a gaping hole. Children leave parents; friends leave friends. Aquaintances move on. People change homes. People grow apart. Enemies hate and move on. Friends love and move on. You think on the many who have moved into your hazy memory. You look on those present and wonder.

I believe in God's master plan in lives. He moves people in and out of each other's lives, and each leaves his mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who ever touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you would be less if they had not touched you.

Pray God that you accept the bits and pieces in humility and wonder, and never question,

and never regret.

Bits and pieces.