Why does the approach of Christmas seem lovely and then BAM I'm like OH SHIT, OH SHIT! I was all about the cozy, the twinkle lights, the cocoa and now I'm like...but we didn't bake cookies! I didn't make any chex party mix! We didn't make all those crafts I wanted to do! And I'm running out of time! I'm working really hard at the moment to calm myself down and I know inside those things don't really matter..the season, the day - it will all still be wonderful and we've made memories. It's all enough. We're happy and warm and we have lotsa love. Calm. I am calm. It's ok if the house is a bit messy. It's ok if the list stays long. It's ok. It's ok!
Hope your week is going well. Let's try hard to really not stress..even though we say that and then like myself, my head starts spinning around and I end up grumpy instead of merry. Happy Holiday time to you.
Memories are never about the things you meant to do; they're always about the stuff that actually happened. So you didn't make cookies this year? Who cares? If you really miss it, next year put it on the top of the list. *shrug* Be calm. You've brought cozy magic in to your holiday. It's more than enough.
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