❤️ PEACE, LOVE, HUGS ❤️
December 10, 2022
As we all know so well, our Christmas holiday can be the craziest time of the year. As we try to get everything checked off our long lists. Christmas cards, classroom cards & gifts, teachers gifts, concerts. Yes, the list goes on with all there is in between.
I know for myself, year after year, I have aimed to give my babies the best holiday memories. Starting with decorating the tree, making Christmas cookies, secret Santa gifts, posing for the perfect Christmas card, building those dreadful, hard to make gingerbread houses all the while they ate loads of frosting and candy, visiting Santa, polar express rides. After all, there is nothing like keeping our children happy with planning fun activities to add to the craziness of this holiday season. Don’t get me wrong…I absolutely LOVE all our Christmas traditions however, it was NEED to meet my own expectations all while doing it perfectly that had me sometimes feeling worn down with no patience. THAT is why some moments were so difficult for me, and it was so hard to enjoy the season as a mom.
This year I really thought a lot more about this; I look back and remember, how some of my days during the holiday season were spent being so exhausted, overworked, stressed out to the point where I wasn’t able to nourish my body the way I should have. Sadly, there were times I remember not feeling the wonder and joy in the holiday season as I wanted to. I know now, this was something I created myself.
I was just so busy trying to live up to the ideal Christmas season in my head. Unfortunately, thanks to the perfectionist that I am, the holidays usually left me more stressed than I should have been as I said before, to the point where I remember not enjoying the present moment when I was in with my kids.
This year, I gave myself the permission to let go of PERFECT!
I know now that perfect just gets in the way of LOVE.
Real parents get reality holidays with messy kitchens, cranky kids, and moments where you are in tears and this is okay. This is LOVE. This is LIFE. Feel the JOY. Be PRESENT. ❤️❤️❤️
I will continue to offer emotional, loving, kind, and generous support… starting with myself, then to everyone around me.
I don’t need to create a perfect holiday BECAUSE we are ALREADY ENOUGH, just the way we are.
Merry Christmas to all of you! May you feel the joy in these precious moments… we call life.
