No word from BG. I am sure every pre-adoptive parent dreads this time of year. You can't help but think a child should be home with their family for Christmas. Not stuck in some orphanage wishing for a family for Christmas. I guess Santa can't deliver everything.
Pray for those children who wish for families and don't get them. I can imagine after awhile hope seems meaningless for them. Particularly the older ones. They remember it more.
Christmas is a double-edged sword for me. It's supposedly the "most wonderful time of the year,"... according to Andy Williams. But without those people you love it always hurts just as much as it pleases. The colors aren't quite as bright. The music isn't quite as heartwarming. The food isn't nearly as good. The weather isn't quite as cold. OK, that last one is a joke. It's never cold here.
But I think anyone who's lost someone important to them feels the same way. It's just not quite Christmas ever again.
But still we go through the motions and little by little begin to regain a tiny bit, albeit minuscule, of that Christmas spirit.
My Christmas wish is that those who still have the ones you love stop and consider what life would be like without that person. I don't care if you don't get on well or you fight every time you're in the same room. Just remember they're there. Never forget that and be appreciative of what you have. Life is never that same after they're gone. God Bless and Happy Christmas.
