Comments on: A Smattering of Yuletide Thoughts https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/ The road ends, but the journey continues... Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:38:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: laura bruno lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1454 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 19:14:23 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1454 In reply to sportsattitudes.

Yes, yes, and yes again…you nailed it!
Thank you for stopping by and leaving that insightful comment.
peace

]]> By: sportsattitudes https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1453 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:06:24 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1453 I can’t think of better motivation to get “into” Christmas than a Charlie Brown tree…and Minions of course. There is so much “pressure” to make each Holiday Season memorable, better than the last,. The fact is each one, no matter how many traditions are kept, are unique. Life happens. People pass away. We get older. Occupations go poorly. Life. Each Christmas I believe we should strive to keep in mind why it exists and work “up” from there as high as we wish to go with the decorating, gift-giving, cards, etc. Sorry for your loss earlier in 2016…the best to you and yours in 2017.

]]> By: laura bruno lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1452 Mon, 26 Dec 2016 06:02:48 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1452 In reply to Lulu.

LuLu I do believe people will appreciate those personalized messages tucked away inside the standard Christmas card…I know I always tear open the envelope and search for more than just a signature inside the card!! Even though I enjoy the greetings regardless. 🙂
This has been a special holiday season for both hubby and myself – filled with blessings and tender peaceful moments.
It seems you’ve come a long way in these past few years – you should be proud (in the good sense of the word). I wish for you continued strength as you walk in your healing day-by-day & hand-in-hand with the Great Physician this coming New Year.

]]> By: Lulu https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1451 Sun, 25 Dec 2016 11:42:09 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1451 Merry Christmas, Laura! I think it’s great that you are taking your time, recognizing your needs, and taking care of yourself. In a culture that pretty much dictates how we should spend our time between Thanksgiving and January 1st (parties, planning, card-writing, decorating, shopping, wrapping, baking, eating, and caught up in a perfectionistic frenzy), it feels abnormal to do anything that goes against the trend – I know because this makes the second year in a row that I didn’t decorate (third, technically, because in 2014 I was in treatment and living with my best friend). For the first time in as long as I can remember, I simply gave up on my Christmas cards. I will finish writing them eventually. Maybe people will appreciate the personalized messages and overlook the lateness. I gave up on Christmas shopping, too. I only bought gifts for my closest family this year, and that was all done online. It feels weird, but I think some of that may just be the counterculturalness of it. You have decided to focus on what Christmas is really about, and that is something that I think the majority of people miss, even among all the sentimental holiday movies and songs. God bless you this Christmas.

]]> By: laura bruno lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1450 Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:41:53 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1450 In reply to Andy.

Thank you, Andrew. Especially for that poem you posted, it spoke to what you’re saying.

]]> By: laura bruno lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1449 Sun, 25 Dec 2016 01:35:49 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1449 In reply to Jennie Fitzkee.

Maybe our Charlie Brown trees speak more to our hearts than we realize…ya know?
Buon’ Natale, Jennie.

]]> By: Andy https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1448 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 21:42:21 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1448 I’m a big believer that we should all resist the ‘pressure’ of this season and spend it in whatever way we feel is right for us. May this Christmas bring you all that you need.
Andy

]]> By: Jennie Fitzkee https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1447 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:33:10 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1447 Laura, what a delightful Christmas post! You speak so many things from your heart, all of which I both understand and relate to. I love my Charlie Brown tree! Now that the kids are grown and gone, having their own celebration with their young children (as it should be), my husband and I put out a few beloved yet sparse decorations. Tonight we, too, will watch “It’s a Wonderful Life”- our tradition to remind us how lucky we really are, even when things are tough. Merry Christmas to you and your husband. Time will slowly heal your heart. It just has it’s own time agenda.

]]> By: laura bruno lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1446 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:20:57 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1446 In reply to Lillian Batarseh.

Ah, Madame Lillian, as always a classy lady. Thank you for your kind wishes.
I wish for you an exciting and fulfilling 2017.

]]> By: laura bruno lilly https://laurabrunolilly.com/a-smattering-of-yuletide-thoughts/#comment-1445 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:03:19 +0000 http://laurabrunolilly.com/?p=4129#comment-1445 In reply to Martha.

Oh my dear Martha! What a treat to hear from you all across the big blue ocean. You are such a free spirit – a gift to me all year long.
BTW: One of the perks of that Charlie Brown Christmas tree is that I have no internal struggle with whether or not to dispose of it after the holidays! HA!
Love and virtual hugs

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