Yesterday was mostly spent at home, save for the hour I went out with Miss Greta to wish her Merry Christmas. She downed the pound of carrots I got her in maybe five minutes. I love her.
Lastly, MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS!!! Now, allow to me to get up on my soap box:
Sure, the presents are wonderful and all, but let us pause to remember the true reason of the season: it is not just about the physical gifts that are wrapped up in pretty paper and pretty ribbons, but the gifts of having family, friends, lovers, and in our cases, our horses! They all give us so many gifts that we may not even realize at the time, but they eventually show themselves. Gifts of teaching us love, patience, kindness, humility, all that jazz. And you can feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing that you probably mean a lot to them, too. Feel good knowing that you are special to many people (and animals) and that they are equally special to you. No matter what happens, somebody out there will always care for you. And that is a wonderful gift, I believe, to have people (and animals) like that in one's life. Those gifts are truly meaningful, and make the best Christmas presents, if not year-round presents, to receive. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and may you be blessed with wonderful gifts year round, sugarcoating and all.
Merry Christmas to you too! Great sentiments! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed. And my parents have informed me that there will be no Christmas (or birthday) presents anymore since I decided to get a horse. But horses are a gift that keeps on giving (and taking...all your money...all the time). LOL
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and Happy New Year! I will hope for better weather for you...and me. Today sucked. Strong winds, snow, and temps in the teens and dropping. Yeccccchhh.