And as the holidays begin…

I’m spending this quiet time of morning before it all begins,

Listening to these ‘old’ Christmas songs.

And I go back to that more simple time

When I was young

and listening to my father play Christmas songs on the piano.

And I didn’t know how people were in the world.

I didn’t know there was sad,

I didn’t know there was bad

And I didn’t know there was ugly and mean.

All I knew was the peaceful sheen

of the stars on snowy hills as we sang the nights away

and looked so forward to the next day.

And I learned the way it feels

to dance and twirl to the sounds of the season.

And I learned to celebrate life and be thankful for all,

no matter what.

All I knew was laughter and love

And life

In such a big way…

Always as the holidays begin.

The coffee is sweet today.