One Ornament at a Time.

Another year flew by for me. Between my 12 trips to Nashville, 6 trips to Japan, two trips to GA, one each to OH, CA, and DC, I spent much of my time being a good travel agent for myself to ensure that I can be at right places at right time. I just read my last post, which was posted about a year ago after I had just returned from Japan spending two weeks to attend a conference and to visit family members.

Unlike last year, I do have a tree and my home is somewhat decorated already. It helped that I did not fly away immediately after Thanksgiving overseas, although I did fly out to work, making me away from home total of 12 days since Nov 29th. I enjoyed being able to purchase a tree the saturday after Thanksgiving and my family enjoyed being able to add a few ornaments here and there over the following week. I have many birds on my tree this year as well as my usual musical instruments and others that we have collected over the years.

I think of many many friends and family whose memories are tied to various ornaments on my tree. I especially thought of my dear ones who are not with us anymore, or those who are grieving and hurting feeling the void in their lives, and I think of the blessing that each one meant to me both while they were with us and even now through the memories and things they accomplished. It is a great time to reflect on the blessings of the year and preciousness of the gifts from above while we go through the simple motion of decorating our home for the holiday. We have so many opportunities to voice our gratitude while trimming our tree with our memory-filled ornaments from our past, ,,,,,,with great hope for the future, one ornament at a time.




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