The Majestic Ornament

 This is our tree this year! Full of old ornaments and special meaning, with this tree we are celebrating being all together again at Christmas.

 

These paintings were done years ago. They tell a story of a time when I was thinking of children's books. I painted several and saved these three for my own children. They were painted in 1993. I actually gifted them to each child when they were old enough to tell me which one they liked. Once in a while I take them out at holiday time and hang them up.

 

 

This is the little tree. This year the little tree is mostly blue and white. We put some fairies and dancers on it and also some sea ornaments, shells and sailboats, also some snowflakes.

This year we are only using about one fourth of all the ornaments we have stored. A few summers ago, a young woman was my summer helper. She needed money, so I thought of a few jobs to give her. One of our projects was organizing some of the boxes of Christmas stuff. Together we put all the important ornaments for each child in a special box with their names on it. It was the first attempt at wrangling some sense out of all these precious pieces.

 The Majestic Ornaments

I think, maybe next year,

I will go through them all again

and put some more aside in special boxes.

Some so old,

and not in the prettiest shape,

represent things to me that no one else can really see.

They are a part of a past life,

a young girl full of hope and starlight.

If I let them go, no one else will see their glow.  

They kept me focused and warm, in the hope that someday a

Christmas

would come, filled with children, a loving husband

a warm feeling, a fire in the hearth.

All their promise rang true,

with each passing year, the Christmas grows more

beautiful,

with real love, real devotion,

and faith.

There is no shortage of these here. 

We are blessed. 

Copyright 2011 by SheilaTGTG55