Candlelit Heart

As I was packing today, a touch of Christmas spirit overcame me.  I looked at my tree an ornaments all packed and ready to go to their new home, and I realized.  This is a first for me.  Even in my poorest of days, my place would be decorated and waiting for Christmas by now.  My tree will definitely go up in my new home, but I am not so sure if I will have time for the village.  But, hey, there will be many years to come, and besides,  I have my blog so let me have some fun decorating.

Not feeling up to par anyway.  Woke up with a sinus headache that just doesn't want to go away.  Did some packing, then had to lie down for a bit of rest...but the darned headache was still there when I woke up.  My sinuses always go haywire this time of year.  Heat has newly been turned on and with our lack of windows, there is very little air to circulate.  But, hey, soon that will be a thing of the past...just as my unlit tree. 

I do love the following poem. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

"Somewhere across the winter world tonight
You will be hearing chimes that fill the air;
Christmas extends its all-enfolding light
Across the distance...something we can share.

You will be singing, just the same as I,
These familiar songs we know so well,
And you will see these same stars in your sky
And wish upon that brightest one that fell.

I shall remember you and trim my tree,
One shining star upon the topmost bough;
I will hang wreaths of faith that all may see --
Tonight I glimpse beyond the hear and now. 

 

And all the time that we must be apart
I keep a candle in my heart."

 

-Mary E. Linton-