Holiday Spirit....

I just can't get into the mood to do the holiday thing this year!I pulled out one box of decorations, unpacked it and there it sits. Untouched.... I want to but for some reason It just feels... unnecessary...and at times even unwanted. I guess its the hole over commercialized prolonged event seems to simply makes me feel played, used, and abused! I am sick of the tv commercials that try to make everyone feel bad if they cant spend BIG money on people! Example: "Every Kiss begins with Kay!" Ugh so people have to buy love now? WTF? I am so tired of the images and auditory assaults to the senses that bombard us on a daily basis!
We wonder why our kids have lost the values of old. We have killed them! We are so obsessed with the accumulation  of  unnecessary things to show others we are successful that we have lost sight of the simple family values that should be in the for front of the whole holiday season!
 I think of what I want my holiday to be, and I don't see expensive gifts or large expensive meals that take days to make. I wan't to simply be with those I love, to have time to talk with friends I miss and to take time in the fleeting moments of the passing year to show them I how much I love them and miss them everyday! I want to feel the warmth of love from them that gives me the stores of joyful memories to make it in everyday life. With those simple joys, and warm thoughts I can hold in my heart forever.
 I want to show my kids it is not about what someone will buy you but what joy they can give to you in a simply shared evening together. The joy of the company of loved ones and friends and the blessing those memories can bring over not just a short time but a life time!
So what does all this mean to me? Whats my point? I guess it is simply this... what I want this year is to take a moment to be with my loved ones. To tell them all how much they mean to me and how much joy they bring to my life every day! I love my kids! I love my husband! I love my friends that are truly more like family! Each and everyone of you are a blessing to me! I am joyful that I have a beautiful daughter and grandson that are healthy, even though they are far from me this year I want them to know I hold them in my heart every day! I want my son to know that it may not be DNA that makes him mine but I love him all the same and with all my heart! I want my husband to know that he brings more joy and love into my life with each passing day and that having him here, happy and healthy next to me is all I need. I want my brother to know that seeing him grow stronger everyday and finding his own joy in life is a gift in its self. I want the wonderful sisters and brothers of my blessed coven to know you each bring a joyful light into my heart with the simple thought that you are there! I want the wonderful Lady that has filled the missing part of my heart as my mother to know I love her and thank the goddess everyday for bringing her into my life! And her amazing partner that has become my guide, and strength on the journey I walk today and everyday I feel your strength and love always! To my best friend, my sister of heart, I will always be here to stand next to you and do my best to lend you a shoulder when you need it and  my heart always!
 This year all I want is to have these wonderful people close, if only for a few moments, so that I can tell them "I love you!" No gifts necessary! You are my gifts! And I and happy with the simple joy of knowing I have you in my life!