I get sentimental over seasons and holidays and tomorrow will be Christmas day, the biggest of the holidays. Family, friends, traditions and memories are all wrapped up into a ball around this time of year. Family: the gathering of those who are related to one another, Friends: a reflection on ones relationships and a celebration of those who have lasted, Tradition: what we do around this time, in the same fashion, every year, Memories: thinking about those who have and are a part of our lives and what they have contributed to the space that we leave for them in our minds. This ball can be a bundle of joy and yet a heap of hell, of which I have known too well.
This holiday season has been good to me so far. I've come to find people that I really care about in this big new city of mine, and I've held on to friendships from my small town back home. I've done the silly little traditions, I've hoped to god for snow, I did the shopping, I watched peoples eyes light up in happiness, and I've written the little notes that take words of love and commit them to paper. Now, all I have left is travel, wrapping paper, and a toast.
~Sarah
