Life as a CrazyMimi

  New Year's Resolutions...do you make them?  Do you keep them? I stopped making them a few years ago.  I started making New Year's Intentions.  The difference?  Not much.  The definitions are similar.  But I like to think of it as a plan, a goal, not a promise.  Regardless, last year I decided I needed to be more grateful in 2023.  So I made that my intention.  I have a pouch (as shown in the picture) that says Grateful on it.  I cut up small slips of paper and dated them, starting on January 1st.  The beginning of the year was pretty easy. Family, friends, workout buddies, my car, a job that creates a paycheck, etc., etc.  So when I ran out of the obvious, I would try to find something that happened that day that I was grateful for. I soon realized that I had to dig really deep some days to find something.  Some days I honestly would write "my car started", or "I have a job", or "I have a warm dry house to sleep in".  These are pretty basic, but

There's something special about sitting in a room with the Christmas Tree being the only light.  It's quiet, with just some very soft carols being sung by For King and Country. Christmas Eve is tomorrow. The gifts are bought and wrapped. The food for tomorrow is prepped.  The house is clean. I don't have any reason to rush onto my next chore. So I sit and look at the tree, and enjoy the music. And while listening to the music, I hear the words... I mean I really hear the words! Words I have sung, words I've heard so many times. But it hits differently tonight.  I wonder what Mary was thinking, going to Bethlehem. Was she frightened? We've heard many times that the angel said "fear not", but Mary was human. Was she worried? Was she frightened? Was she excited? All of these thoughts as today is my first born son's birthday. So I remember the feelings that come with becoming a mother. But for Mary, her son was the highly anticipated Messiah! I can't i