HOORAY... It's Christmas soon!

So let me share my thoughts for Christmas Eve and the following days:

I intend to make the most of the special days ahead. I want to enjoy every second that I have with my husband, kids, and the rest of the family and friends. Too often during the course of the year, we forget what the real priorities are and focus on the superficial.

The last couple of months made me realize how precious life is and how much I am thankful to still have many people that I love around me.

I have embraced the chaos that sometimes shows up in my life, because now I realize that with chaos comes hope and second chances.

The chance to tell my kids that it’s ok to fail at times as long as you keep on trying and that no matter what you will love them above all, the chance to be a better wife, the chance to show your parents that you are grateful for all the support and love they give you, the chance to tell your best friend that her kindness and wise words mean  the world to you, the chance to tell your big brother that you will always need him in your life even if you are now a grown up too, a chance to be a better Christian and live by the principles that you are teaching your children, a chance to give back the same blessings that you receive all year long…

It’s also a second chance to let go of all bitterness and to forgive and really forget… I just want to be able to look back one day and smile on God’s work in my life.

Christmas is a time to rejoice, count our blessing, and show everyone that we love how much we care about them.

Merry Christmas to all and may the year ahead bring you peace, love, a good health, and all God’s blessings…

I hope Santa has got Internet access...

I know I told the kids that you wouldn’t be coming by our house, but just in case, here is my letter to you:



Dear Mr. Claus,


I hope all is well with you and that you are not behind schedule preparing all the gifts for Christmas. I know you recently received many kids' very extensive and detailed list of demands, but I'm wondering: What about the parents? Don't we get to ask stuff? Listen, Santa (I hope you don't mind me calling you Santa?), my friends and I, we harbor desires no mere mortal could fulfill. You, however, are clearly no mere mortal. If anyone can do it, Santa, it's you! (Yes, I am kissing up to you and I’m sure You probably get that a lot.) So here you go.

All I would like is a joyful holiday for everyone, and a happy new year, and actually while you're at it could you eradicate all sadness?


Love and Merry Christmas to you too!


Joy

PS: I have been really good this year so if you have more time to go shopping (and this is where Internet access could help – you know shopping on-line is totally OK, you don’t need to go out for me to show you care), here a few things that have been on my Wish List.

Link can be found: HERE

(This would just go perfectly with my new sequin skirt :o)

Link for this one is HERE

(Well, because I'm simply not getting any younger! Can you believe I'll be turning 31 next year?!)

Link: HERE

(Yeay, this would be so Sex & The City!!!)

Link HERE

(Because one can't have too many shoes and these would be perfect for next season!)

Hopefully, I won't get this answer in my mail:

My heart breaks…. PLEASE HELP…

My heart is crying and I will probably not find the right words to say how profoundly sad I am for the Philippines (my home country). The typhoon that struck Mindanao over last week has killed many and left almost a thousand homeless…

I am very thankful that my family  and I are safe here in Belgium and some others in different parts of the world. My heart and my prayers go to my fellow Filipinos who are really going through a tough time. It is even harder when you think than in less than a week it will be Christmas, a time to rejoice and have hope…

I feel powerless but will still try to do something about it, so here is the link to the redcross of Philippines:

http://www.redcross.org.ph/donate

A simple gesture even the smallest one might give a child, a family, a little bit of comfort. 

Many of us are complaining that we do not have all the we want in our lives, and shame to me, I do that too from time to time. But this whole situation puts everything into perspective. I have been blessed with so much, it is time for me to give back… It’s the least I can do…

Will you do the same too?