Words of Wisdom

Found this very interesting...and uplifting!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23711234/What-Matters-Now

Spirit of Christmas

Christmas has come and gone this year. I don’t know why, but for some reason, I had a hard time getting into the spirit, which is very unusual for me. Maybe it is the stress of work combined with the gazillion of hours on the road driving to hockey. I don’t know. But then I remembered something very important: Christmas memories are not about the cookies that didn’t get baked or the presents that didn’t get bought.

Here are some of my memories, for good or bad:

The Christmas that…

Santa showed up at a party of Mom and Dad’s – and no one knew, to this day, who it was
Cousin Pete threw up in church, in the front pew (one too many deviled eggs)
There was a blizzard
There was no snow
Zero (the family dog) ate all the rising caramel rolls
My sister arm wrestled my brother into the Christmas tree
We did a scavenger hunt and the prize was a family trip to Jamaica
I was on crutches (x2)
Was Dad’s last
I was proposed to
Everyone was pregnant
Half the family had the flu
Was in the new house and the kids all secretly threw candy down the clothes shoot
Mom was recovering in a Jewish nursing home and we went over there and watched a movie and ate Christmas cookies (They’re watching ‘The Elf” in there!)
My daughter and I were in our own house and happy