Tonight... again I saw a photo vision of my childhood... of days gone by... and whoa what a memory... a childhood memory of Christmas... to which we all draw from the past... of the Friday after Thankgiving... when downtown became alive... of store windows decorated with the spirit of Christmas... of lights draped across Main Street... of colors and scenery that spoke the story of the season... of the line that weaved it's way through each named bank on the corner of Main and 6th Street... of movies on Saturday at the theater to which the treats were 10 cents and the popcorn smell filled the entryway... where you knew that when the flashlight showed in your direction that it meant business... that at the end of the movie... Santa had a bag for you filled with ribbon candy... peanut in the shell... and orange and an apple... and when it was over... the spirit of the day warmed you from within to without... as only a child would know... the memories of a day gone by... that will never be seen again... to this degree of fondness... to this degree of visual remembrance... these days have become what once was... tomorrow will be the dreams of small lives to come... with hope of all that will be treasured and seen with the same degree of fond visions as those of this day... always be blessed with the words spoken that express Merry Christmas... because at the end of the story... all is calm... all is bright... Christ the savior is born... amen...
It is hard waiting for the other shoe to drop... this can apply to so many areas of life... financial security... job security... health... children... family... all of these things are difficult enough in their own way... what is most difficult is waiting for another to twist the knife... we as human are such flawed creatures to begin with... with the three fingers that point back as we call out the failure of others... it is enough just to keep the eyes in the back of the head open wide to protect us from the inevitable... often we know that which is about to happen... yet there are times when we never see it coming... it is not always about doing what is right... it is more often about doing what is necessary that gets us into trouble... and there in lies the rub... we do what we feel to be right to make the wheel turn and others just can't bare the thought of not having control... whether gained or earned... and as the aftermath of what is left behind... the question remains......
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