Merry Christmas!

CHRISTMAS MORNIN!!! Just can't get ANY better! Who needs mistletoe!?!?! What a Hunka-hunka-HUBBY!!!

My granddaughter, Kierra, and I were walkin through a store, yesterday. She was showin me the vacuum that her parents recently bought for Christmas. She asked me if I wanted a vacuum like that...Instantly, I said "NOPE"! When she asked why...I explained that I really LOVE the one that I have...And that Grandpa got it for me.

Suddenly, I realized that I "want what I got"!!!...You know that ol saying...It is better to "want what you got" not "gettin whatcha want"! My mind was suddenly FILLED with SO MANY of the "got what I want" things that surround my life...WONDERFUL husband, kids/kids-in-laws, grandkids (13), home, cars, pool, too many cats, too many dogs, and the list goes ON AND ON!!! My husband and I went outside, last night, looked back at our wonderful house-trimmed with the festive lights...And marveled at just how wonderful our life really is...And just HOW much "got what we want" surrounded us!

I SOOOOO remember MANY Christmas' that it was a choice between the tree or gifts for the kids, broken car windows with black bags taped up in their place, car heaters not workin, bein completely alone on Christmas Eve/Day, stuck in a job that I couldn't stand, havin to say goodbye to a dear one lost to depression. These were sad and hard times...And I remember them well. I sure makes me think long and hard about "wantin" more, more, more...

The thing here is...Yeah...There is always room for dreamin, that is true! But...For the here and the now...It sure gotta lotta "got what I want" all around me!!! I am TOTALLY blessed...I am aware, this Christmas Day...And I am EVER so grateful...

May YOUR Christmas' be FILLED with "want whatcha gots"!!! Merry Christmas!