Speaking from the Heart

Ah, the hol­i­days are over. The Christ­mas dec­o­ra­tions have been taken down and stowed away until next Thanks­giv­ing (or, for some of you, before the big turkey feast).  All across the land, a col­lec­tive sigh of relief can be heard as family’s return to work and school, resum­ing their nor­mal daily rou­tines (and din­ing habits).  Time to look ahead to all that 2010 has to offer, right?

Not so fast.

Before leav­ing the joy­ous 2009 sea­son behind, the Ris­ing Blog­ger pays homage to Twas the Night Before Christ­mas for Moms, one of the most clever and poignant posts pub­lished dur­ing this most recent Christ­mas past.

The author, known only as Speak­ing from the Heart, is a Florida elec­tri­cal engi­neer turned domes­tic engi­neer who is home­school­ing her two chil­dren.   She has been writ­ing about  her family’s adven­tures since Decem­ber 2006.  Her orig­i­nal poem, based upon the clas­sic “Twas the Night Before Christ­mas” is one to which all moth­ers can relate.

Some­times we need remind­ing of what life is all about.
Espe­cially at times when the Hol­i­day sea­son shouts,
and all we do is clean, bake and procure.

The twenty-first century-style plot twist she injects and res­o­lu­tion to the story are both humor­ous and touch­ing. But most of all, her mes­sage is wor­thy of a reminder every day of every year:

[S]top for a moment and hug that lit­tle one so dear,
whether he or she is 2, or 22, or even older this year.
For they are the gift that God gave us from Heaven above, …

Con­grat­u­la­tions to Speak­ing from the Heart, the first recip­i­ent of the Post of the Day Award in 2010!

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