Where has this year gone? I am so amazed of how time really does fly. I cannot even believe that Christmas Eve is tomorrow. I can't help but think about growing up and the memories we had on the night before Christmas. I don't really remember books being read to me about the "Night Before Christmas", however I remember putting out the cookies with my siblings and us all sleeping in the same room. I remember being so UNBELIEVABLY excited and hoping that time would just flyyyy by so we could all wake up. I remember running upstairs to our living room, and waiting for my parents to get their coffee. I swear them getting that damn coffee took a billion years. I will never forget my parents faces when they were watching us open our gifts. Them sitting there, smiling while sipping their coffee. I remember them always getting everything we wanted. We never really asked out of the ordinary because we knew our parents weren't made of $$.
As I get older, I really can't be more appreciative of my parents. They really worked their asses off to provide for us kids. I don't even have kids yet, so I don't know the exact feeling of appreciation; however, I know that they really loved us. They gave us everything they could. I seriously am so happy that they raised me. I couldn't of picked better parents. :D
Another thing that really gets me thinking, is my grandparents. I miss them every single day, but for some reason, Christmas is a lot harder. I remember going to my Grandpa and Grandma Christensens and worried to wear my new clothes that I got for Christmas, because they would make it smell like ciggarette smoke. Is it weird that I miss that smell now? ;D As I sit here and think about it, my Grandpa Christensen had the same sipping coffee smile, my parents do now. Oh, how I will never get that simple, beautiful image out of my mind.
This Christmas is such a special Christmas. Why you ask? Because we are experiencing it. We are so lucky to have everything around us. Please, hug your family a little tighter and a little longer this year. You never really know when they will be gone. Cherish every-single-moment you have with them.
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