Ramblings. As in: Have Words -Will Ramble. As in: Ramble: to write or talk aimlessly or without sequence of ideas, to proceed with turns and twists; meander As In: observances of an everyday life in passing through the spectrum of extraordinary.
Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
I'm packing for the road again but this time it's not for book signings or wild and wonderful readers conferences. It's because Zaza and Baboo are hitting the road to visit the Adorables for Christmas. Amazing how many miles you'll drive to see a grandchild's little smiling face. Well you'll cross oceans, climb mountains, walk through burning deserts - so glad I just have to drive East for 12 hours and it makes the trip seem so much shorter considering what I would do to get to them.
As we drive East, Mama will be driving North to Nashville. She's packing Christmas goodies to come see her own little adorables that I'm blessed to have living only a mile away from me. Now - wait a minute. Isn't something backwards here? Are all the grand children supposed to be singing all the way over the hill to Grandma's house? Hmmmm. Well, nevermind all that - as long as I get little voices for a few days and big hugs with little arms all is well and same for my Mama.
She's also packing something special this year for me. It's our family nativity scene that she's gifting me so for the first time in my life it'll be set up in my house instead of hers. It's amazing to me how much it means, this simple little set, but I always knew that regardless of how big our tree was or how many lights we had blinking every room of the house (Mom decorates like nobody's business!) it was the Nativity Scene that reminded me of what we were really celebrating. A hushed a holy night filled with expectation.
The season continues to be busy for me just like I'm certain it is for you in your life. The radio program will return live in January 2010 in a new time slot of Wednesday's from Noon until 2pm. Travels for the upcoming year are being finalized for the Southern Voices conference and for the Southern Wing & A Prayer Book tour with author friend Shellie Rushing Tomlinson. New deadlines abounding, a new work of fiction set in Tennessee just finding its way to paper, edits for the great southern story of Mercy Land set on the Bittersweet Creek in editing stage and a few projects I'm keeping close under my wing - I have shopping to do, gifts to wrap, travels to make and so on and so forth but - - -
As I set out our family heirloom nativity scene this year what I want most to remember is a special night so many years ago and how that one hushed evening effects my daily life. What I want most is to remember an act of eternal love that transcends my complicated to-do list.
What I want most this Christmas is for you, for me, for all our families to have a holy, peaceful Christmas filled with love.
Blessings for this special Season and Always,
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