Change Takes Time

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This old gal…

Always loved decorating for the holidays…make the classroom festive…fill the room with all things gingerbread man…fill the home…with all things Christmas…hang the stockings…display the baubles…fill the tree with every single homemade ornament…made by those little girls of mine…

And now…how to get that same thrill…that same excitement…in tiny home away from home…not gonna lie…something was missing last year…there was a sadness…a longing…in the old lady heart…so this year…went through that collection of totes…labeled Christmas decorations…sat on the floor in the basement…of Little Cottage…and walked down…memory lane…

The Jim Shore nativity…those Hallmark mouse ornaments…that paper plate angel…made by four year old…preschool hands…treasures…each and every one of them…packed a tote of a few favorites…vintage bulbs from the tree of little me…Jim Shore and Mary Engelbreit decor of the 90s…gifts…from friends…students…those ladies of mine…

And this year…that walk down memory lane…the gifts under the little tree…that Christmas mug…that looks just like…that favorite furry friend of mine…makes it work…makes it feel right…makes it feel…just like home…
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And Christmas lover me…agrees…