I am counting down to Christmas and have all the usual adult stresses and tensions. There is not enough time, more work to do than I can cope with and I don’t feel like celebrating. Well at least that was how I felt before I had a skype call from my grand daughters in Australia. They were their usual bouncy selves and so excited about Christmas coming. They had been to buy toys for poor people and food for their local food bank and they were trying to guess what Gran and I had got them. They have a tree with gifts waiting to be opened. I could not stop myself from feeling some of their excitement and joy as they waited to celebrate the birth of “Baby Jesus”. Hannah and Amelia made me stop and think. At Christmas I should be remembering the birth of Christ and all I was doing was getting stressed and grumpy. After our talk I was a changed person. I now want to celebrate with joy and enthusiasm. The birth of Christ changed the world and by acts of kindness we can do the same. Christmas it t0o important for us not to celebrate.
I wish you all peace and love at this time. I wish you time with those you love and I wish that we spare a thought for those who are suffering and lonely.