I love the holidays! Not just because it is a time of really good food, family and presents, but more for the sense of happiness, kindness and calm in society and of course all the pretty lights and decorations!
We spent Thanksgiving at my parents in GH and on our way in, the little town was full of normalcy... people walking their dogs, babies or themselves down the quaint roads, other people window shopping the stores... and surprising no one at the market doing last minute shopping, (only 4 cars including mine in the store parking lot). We had a lovely, quiet Thanksgiving with Isabelle running a muck, great food and all. We stayed a few days there, Isabelle having her own room with big girl bed and she did so GREAT!
The drive out of GH was so wonderful. Sometime on 'Black Friday' people got out their decorations and filled their homes and store fronts with beautiful holiday cheer. The street lights were decorated with wreaths and lights, stores were bright with greenery, lights, and glistening snowmen. People were out walking again, but now stopping and chatting with strangers they came across on the sidewalk, instead of silently walking past eachother. One lady was trying to put up some greenery around the edge of her store front and it fell, a nice man ran across the street to help her out, so she didn't have to get down the ladder and back up again.
It made me smile that people are so nice, why not be so nice all year long, one may wonder. When we see smiles on faces around us, it makes us smile too... we just need to remember to pass that along and smile to others... sometimes we have to be the first ones to smile, to start the kindness.
To all family and friends reading this, wishing you all the happiness you desire in this holiday season and more after in the year to come!
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