Generations

Christmas has always been a special time for my family. Nowadays it is pretty much the only time when my entire family gets together under one roof. I may not see or talk to some of my uncles or cousins for most of the year but every Christmas we get a chance to all sit down and catch up. As a kid I used to look forward to Christmas more than any other day, probably even more than my birthday. It was just fun getting together with all my cousins and opening gifts and then spending the rest of the night playing with them. There are many Christmas' that I remember very vividly still. Now as I see my Grandparents getting older and more fragile and my Aunts' and Uncles' getting a few more grey hairs every year, I wonder at how many more Christmases we have to spend together as a family.


It was cool this year though because a new generation is being formed in our family as myself and two of my cousins have little sons and daughters who played together and celebrated some of their first Christmases together and another cousin will have a baby by next Christmas. I remember just sitting there in the living room and watching the little ones play together and think that not that long ago that was me and my cousins. It made me think of all the wonderful memories they are going to have together like my cousins and I had. It was just one of those moments when you realize that you are officially in a new chapter of your life. Have you had those moments? When you look at someone or see something and you realize that a new chapter of your life is being written while another chapter has already had it's conclusion penned.

Life is good though, every sentence, every paragraph and every chapter. I look forward to seeing my daughter and God willing future children write the chapters of their life as they grow up and experience life together.