The Journey Continues

Following a Star

There is so much going through my mind right now that I don't even know what I intend to write about but I am writing.  I guess it would be better if I thought about it and then wrote with intention.  I guess it would be better but I just need to get something in print. The other day I decided that it is time to go back to producing my blog and when I logged in I found that all of my entries were missing the pictures.  I tried to reenter the pictures but was not successful.  That is when I decided that it is time to go forward.  So, I am moving forward.  I am following my star.

It is that time of year when Christian believers, look to the heavens for guidance.  I know the 3 Wise Men followed a star and found the Christ Child.  I am not being religious here I am just being hopeful.

No place like home for the holidays?  I just moved to Anchorage after spending a short time in Seattle, so I am constantly asking myself Where is home?  I feel like I am visiting Seattle for the holidays but it just doesn't feel like I am going home for Christmas.  For me, Christmas is family, presents, decorations, stories, cooking and eating, and just being in the moment.  There will be part of the family in Seattle, and there will be some presents, but I won't be decorating the house/home or preparing the big Christmas Feast, but I will be celebrating Christmas. Hopefully, some day I will laugh about all of this.  

In the past week I have spent time looking for Christmas.  A birthing of something.  I have been reflecting on my past and looking towards the future. I have shared some holiday cheer with new friends; talked on the phone with long-established friends; shopped for some things for me and for others.  I bought an ornament at the resale/recycle sale at my Church.  I went to a Christmas Tea and ornament exchange, and I found and rescued three ornaments in the alley that were in danger of being run over or buried in the snow.  I have no where to hang these ornaments but I took pictures of them and played with them in Photoshop.  Life is good when you have the use of a camera and a computer, but mostly life is good when you have family and friends who share love with you.

So, Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and there is Christmas and it lives there right within your heart.

Blue Glitter Ornament Found in the Alley

Disco Ball Ornament Found in the Alley

Jingle Bell Wreath on Fence in Anchorage

Alaska Ornament From a Resale/Recycle Sale at Church

Snow on Ornament Obtained at Christmas Tea

My heart goes out to those who have no place to call home, or can barely meet the needs of there children let alone provide for their wants and their dreams.  I feel it is a disgrace that families in this Country do not have enough basic food to keep there family healthy.  So, this Christmas I need to keep in the front of my mind the fact that I am a lucky person.  I may be whining because I am not getting my wants met but there is no doubt that I will receive enough to fulfill my needs.