The funny thing is, our children are in love with it. They don't care that it's old, or small. They think it's wonderful! And the fact that it is adorned with a few snowmen that they made with me last year, that makes them positively gleam with pride. "Who made those snowmen Mommy?" in that sly-they-already-know-the-answer way that only the very young can pull off. "Why only the cleverest and cutest children in the world" in that only-your-Mommy-can-say-that way.
You know what - they've changed my mind on the old fake tree. It doesn't really matter what it looks like, it's magical to them, and that makes it magical to me.
Hi Crystal Here goes my first comment (if I can figure out how this works ...)
ReplyDeleteYou're right on the mark. I think that what you're saying is very much in line with a little piece by Michael Josephson that I came across a while back. The piece is entitled "What Will Matter". To paraphrase Josephson, "What Will Matter" "is not what you bought, but what you built", "is not your success, but your significance", "is not what you learned, but what you taught", "is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you" ...
Keep it up.
Love ya.
D.
Aww thanks Don. You're right, and I've read that piece! I think the very best we can give the kids is to make a beautiful childhood for them.
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