December 18, 2009
attitude
I was decorating my tree and I had to stop to tell you something. I decided to put a few of my older ornaments on the tree this year, the ones commemorating the birth of each child, the first day of school, macaroni ornaments the twins made in kindergarten, and a 1979 ornament that prompted this entry. 1979 is the year I was married. I didn’t really have much of a plan about traditions and first Christmases and all of that sentiment, but I did have an idea I wanted to collect ornaments that would become some sort of timeline of my married life. In 1979, there was not as much “stuff” and I had to hunt down a commemorative ornament. I finally found something but there was not a date on it. I brought it somewhere – no memory here – and some nice person free styled an engraving that said”1979”. I was sooo disappointed at how homemade and quaint this very special ornament looked amongst the collection of brand new adornments. Through the years I was always a bit disenchanted at the homemadeness of this tree trimmer and it ended up in a box of misfit ornaments. Tonight, 30 Christmases later, I have rediscovered the box and the ornament. You guessed it; it is perhaps my most cherished ornament now. The thing I love the most about it is the thing I was most disenchanted with, the free hand “1979”. It is who we were then, a young couple feeling their way through early marriage. I suppose attitude really is everything. This little ornament has made me realize just how much I have grown and how much wisdom life has given me.
till next time,
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