On Thanksgiving Day, after the family dinner has been eaten and the kitchen cleaned, I begin my Christmas decorating. This is something I enjoy. I start a little at a time and continually decorate until Christmas day. The house looks warm and inviting and I love it. I stroll around the house and compliment myself on the outstanding decorating I have done. “Why Joy…. You have outdone yourself this year!” But, somewhere midway into Christmas day, I realize I now have to UNDO all that I lovingly have DONE for the past 30 days.
Today I must tackle this job. It has taken me this long to gather this much stuff (much more to go) around the door that leads to the basement where all of this holiday cheer will spend the next 11 months (or 10 months in my case). There has to be a better way! Am I the only one who faces this each year? Where does it all go and where did it come from?
As usual I promise myself, “This will never happen again”. But it does and it will. Now, off I go to make things right.
