10th Day of Christmas

I spent nearly all the day, again, taking down Christmas decorations and I am still not done. Mostly it has taken so long because I am unwiring the tree I got at the Festival of Trees and they put lots of wires on it. These wires hold on the ornaments, lights, and just seem to be there! This is the sad part of Christmas to me, taking it all down and putting it away. It is not really more work than putting it up; but, when I put it up I am excited for the season so it doesn't seem so bad.

So what am I glad for today? I am glad for my memories. I love scrapbooking and looking at photo albums and reading old journal entries. I don't seem to be very good at keeping up any of these things. That is a recurring New Year's Resolution, maybe this year I will be better. But, remembering the good times makes the hard times worthwhile. Hopefully this blog can be another way to keep memories fresher. But, even when I don't have the concrete things to help me remember, I am grateful for the imperfect thoughts I am able to keep in my head.