Ghost of Christmas Past
Atlanta Botanical Gardens holiday lights I have been away from my blog for awhile...I am uninspired. Christmas has come and gone, and I enjoyed so little of it. The new year is demanding attention, and I will soon be forced to give in to it. I am dragging these last few days of 2011. The ever present auto-immune disorders are nagging at me, and I have a bad case of the holiday let downs. Holidays have lacked in appeal for me these last few years. The shopping, cooking, cleaning and preparing for the big event is tiresome and any time I get to actually enjoy the holiday is fleeting. I desperately want to find that peace and joy that this time of year is supposed to bring. It is lost on me. Don't get me wrong, I adore preparing Christmas for my son and step daughter. It is pure pleasure watching them enjoy their moment. That is really the only joy of Christmas for me. I guess that I am left to wonder, where is my moment? Sounds selfish, I know, as Christmas is not abo