Our little house is decorated with a record amount of lights this year. Once Vern got started,the spirit kicked right in and he covered the eves,the deck and the fence with every string of lights he could find in the Christmas decorations. He admitted that it is no longer about the lights,it's just funny. I love that silly man of mine <3
Later,we found ourselves in a tangled mess of mismatched lights for the tree. LED bright white,LED soft white bla bla,missing bulbs,burnt fuses...I finally looked at Vern and said "I could be totally fine with trashing this mess and buying all new." I think he had them in the garbage before I finished the sentence! (although he later admitted to digging them out a short time later and using the bulbs to replace a few bad ones that were already hung) The next day I came home to a Christmas tree full of brand new, multicolor pine cone lights...puuuurfect! Another thing that I love about that man of mine,he always knows how to make me smile :)
Finally,about a week later, we got around to decorating.In only 4 years our cute little hodge podge collection of ornaments has grown quickly...as each year we add another memory,old or new. This year, I secretly snuck in a whole box of pink ornaments that I had from my old apartment. I'm not sure if Vern noticed or just hasn't said anything..? I assumed he or Del would be teasing me about all the pink by now?!..
I love it,our little Christmas tree,
assembled by plastic numbered branches,
bent to make it fuller and more "realistic.
Take a peek at it's branches
as you may be surprised what you see.
Rocking horses,Spiderman,playful kittens and gold bells,
a few Carebears and a frail popcorn chain.
Pink snowflakes and garland with shiny gold stars,
a special little elf always placed by Vern.
On top of it all is a gold medal star,
It's not real shiny,doesn't even light up.
The reason I like it
is because it is a simple reminder of what this season is really about,
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A star,
the strength of love
when it is assembled in numbers,
All bearing unique gifts but intentionally united
with the same purpose and together,,, they created something beautiful.
Just like our tree :)
