Resolved

I want to write New Year's resolutions that are clever and quirky. I want them to rhyme or be an alliteration. I want my children to say, "Oh, Mom you are so witty!" I want my husband to say, "Honey, you are a real crackerjack." I want my friends to be impressed. I want my co-workers to be envious of my obvious intelligence. I want neighbors to smile and wave and shout as I drive by, "You're a fine neighbor!" I want others to try and imitate me. I want to copyright my New Year's resolutions so folks from all over will have to call me to get permission to use them (which, by the way, I will grant with grace and class).

So, this is my resolution:

Resolved, in the year of our Great Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, two-thousand twelve, I will write the best ever New Year's Resolution. That gives me 365 days to come up with it : )

Politically Incorrect - Merry Christmas Rant

Merry Christmas! Can you believe that sometimes feelings are hurt when this is said or not said? I heard a dear Christian woman say, "I don't care what the cashier at Wal-Mart says to me, I am responding 'Merry Christmas' to them. Humph." A holiday greeting should be a greeting stated with love. Yes, folks, LOVE. Let's shout that from the roof tops with good ole' Saint Nick. LOVE. If someone does not want to be merry on Christmas, let it go. If someone wants to wish you a Happy Holiday, for pete's sake, let them. If someone says "Season's Greetings" on your Christmas card, accept the greeting with grace and with love. LOVE. No one can put a political correctness in my heart about Christmas. It is a holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who I believe with all of my heart and soul, is my Lord and Savior and that makes me merry. Merry Christmas! Do I desire for others to share that merriment with me? Yes! How do I do that? I do it with love. LOVE. I wish them a Happy Holiday or Season's Greeting if that is what they want to hear. I don't push my Christmas agenda on them to make a point. It's all about the love. If, as Christians, we can't be kind hearted to others during a season of celebration, if we can't show love and tolerance, then how are we going to draw others close? How are we going to show the love of Jesus. Let's not make the greeting about us, let's make it about the love.

Wishing all of you a sincere Season's Greeting, a Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday, a message from my heart filled with love and blessings to you and yours.