Mikel is Home...Sort of.

Mikel came home for Christmas break on Saturday, December 20.  Man...does he look - well, like a MAN!  He looks great and you can tell he has changed a lot.  Not only can you tell by his mannerisms and attitude, but you can just see it.  It's so nice to have him here - except that he's gone again.  To Colorado this time, though.  He is flying up today to see his dad (who he hasn't seen in over a year and who got back from Afghanistan after Mikel left for basic training) and stepmom and half sisters.  He comes back on Monday, December 29.  Then he leaves again to go back to basic on January 6.  

I would write more, but I haven't really seen him all that much...go figure!  

'Tis the Season...

...to be really stressed out. Well, that's not entirely true. Well, wait, yes it is. Okay. Let me try this again.

As is said so often, we (speaking collectively as the human race) tend to get all wrapped up in the commercialism of Christmas that we tend to forget what it's really all about. This year, more than any other year, I have thought more about the true meaning of Christmas, so much so that I have let things kind of get away from me.

I do believe that Christmas is about giving - after all, God gave us His only Son as our gift. And like His ultimate Gift, giving should be from the heart. But sometimes - often times - that does involve the retail market in some manner. It's not necessarily that it's about how much you spend, but what you give and how much thought you put into it and what it will mean to the other person. Sometimes what you give might cost more - and sometimes less. I've tried to put so much thought into being - well, thoughtful, that I haven't done anything! And in case no one has noticed, there are only NINE days left until Christmas. Yes, I'm stressing.

I've also been somewhat preoccupied with the fact that Mikel comes home for Christmas from basic training on Saturday. Just somewhat. (Ha ha ha.) I absolutely CANNOT WAIT!!! My mind gets so preoccupied with that - and what I want to do for him - that I don't actually get anything done. It's SILLY!!!

So, yeah...I'm so wrapped up in giving from the heart that it almost feels like I won't be giving anything because I don't get anything done!

Must focus...