So this is Christmas

What a strange time of year this is for many of us. I have my amazing childhood memories and fond moments of when our kids were young. Lately though I have needed to dig deep and find the magic around me. I am so truly grateful for my beautiful, incredible wife, and my kids (all grown up now) and of course our amazing friends and family.

Pondering for a moment I get this feeling wash over me, remembering the good times and the not so great...

So here is a poem that I think captures me right now as I write this Christmas morning...

So this is Christmas

Christmas morning
Silent house
Everything quiet
Quiet as a mouse
I sit alone with my thoughts
Those thoughts in my head
When I should probably still be sleeping
Safe and snug in my bed
Instead I am thinking
Of times that long have past
My own fleeting childhood
My children's young innocents
Vanished so fast
I think of those whom we love
Gone before we were ready
And those far away
Wishing they were back
Back beside us already
So many feelings
This day brings to mind
And all of it is Christmas
Knowing that, please be kind
Please think of all those
Who are struggling now
And find some way simple
That you can help them somehow

Wishing you all a safe Christmas and may you find joy in the moment, in the nemories, and hopefully both...