24th December, 2018 Monday
Well, my table is set with all the symbols of Christmas Pasts mixed with some for Christmas Present. I will weave the tale of that tablecloth some time this week. Its rich and wonderful and deep.
“Its a Wonderful Life” is playing on the tv and my Family is softly wending their way to this evening. I sing snippets of carols which carry meaning for me but not necessarily for the heathen pack of the next generation who I purposely did not innoculate with religious identity. They hear me intone the minor keyed carols and want Jingle Bells. Oh Well.
This Christmas has been about releasing pressure of expectations we all feel this time of year. My Eldest called me this morning on her way to work in a state of high anxiety about trying to be everywhere at once for all the people she loves and cares for deeply. I asked her a question which triggered her overwhelm which came at me down the phone line. I did not mean how it felt inside her. I know my Firey child well enough now to leave the conversation swiftly while she ratchets. She calms down. We found her a bit later released lovingly from one of the places she was expected to be on her way to the next. She was happy and light. Pressure was off.
I have noticed in myself the pull for this and that that don’t apply here anymore. Its been so nice to pare this Christmas down to all the essentials which make it shine in me so I can shine it on.
So onward, to another night of Xmas…
May this Night find you warm, loved, and loving someone who gives you joy…
Ta 
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