Hello, it is such a busy time. Thank you for stopping by to visit.
Yesterday I glanced over at the paper whites in my kitchen window. I plant them every year, but somehow it always seems to amaze me how quickly they grow. They are grouped together in my old strawberry cart.
It seems they grow inches over night. If you plant them you will know exactly what I am talking about.
I couldn’t help but stop and think of Christmas’s past. Those when my children were younger. How it seems that it was just yesterday and they grew up over night.
I like planting my paper whites in different containers each year. This year I used my white milk glass and a vintage Sno-Kreem shortening can. Cranberries are my favorite topper. I love the pop of red!
This old tin is faded with age, but still sweet. Just like my Christmas memories of when my children were young. I don’t remember every little thing, but the hi-lites will forever be embedded in my memory.
Like how they loved unwrapping the little gifts in their stockings. So much so that often they did that first. and how they would come into our bedroom and ask, “Has Santa came yet?” and how their face would light up when I would say, “I don’t know, let’s go see”. Then as a family we would all go down to that magical place where Santa had so graciously left more gifts than any of them had ever dreamed of.
Christmas today isn’t quite the same as when my children were growing up. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I still love Christmas. Now I get to see that magic in the eyes of my grandchildren. But the memories of Christmas past, of my children growing up and my own childhood are what make Christmas present so sweet!
Enjoy Christmas present because before you know it those little ones will grow up right before your eyes!
I will be partying with: