My oh my! This blog has been neglected for far too long. New Years Day evening, 2015. Christmas has passed and a new year has come about. Time flies when you are busy living it, doesn't it? Sitting in the quiet of my room, tired from a lack of sleep last night (made it to midnight which is an accomplishment for me.) Trying to think of something ponderous, life-changing or earth-shattering, but tonight those opportunities evade my mind. I only have some simple little thoughts rolling around this cranium. Like the pictures here...Jesus, Mary and Joseph standing among my books full of busyness. They are peaceful and promise the love and miracle of Jesus, compared with my jumbled mess of books and life in general. Hmmm...Me thinks me sees a little lesson here. Also thrown into the mix is a small, sweet figurine of two little girls that are giving it all they have to be festive and ready to celebrate the Season. Their frosty clothing shine in the night as they stand silently every year in their assigned spot. They only have a few days until they go back into their box, where they will "sleep" for the next ten months. They will stay out in the real world for awhile yet as they represent not only Christmas, but the frosty days of January. I keep a lot of my Christmas decorations out during January...snowmen, lighted village, etc. which represent the deep of the winter in addition to Christmas. No "getting it packed up and out" for me. I am much too sentimental, which is both a blessing and a curse. However, at my age I am at peace about it and accept all that I am as that same sentimentality offers the ability to empathize and care. And that, my friends is what it is all about...