Christmas Eve
This memory is a favorite Christmas memory of mine! It was probably 1946 or 47...not sure!
(I wish I could ask Mom!)
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve!
Heavy Alabama snow fall!
Night-the whitest white!
Too cold to venture out-
but we must -one last time before bed,
to the outhouse.
We then get snug and Mama tells us stories.
Of the Baby Jesus, of his mother, Mary - of
Joseph, the Shepherds, the Wise Men,
the Angels. We sing “Silent Night,"
“Away In a Manger” and feel,
through Mama’s words, the wonder of
HIS birth!
Being little girls, too, we feel the excitement
–the anticipation- of Santa’s visit and
wonder what he’ll bring us! We have no doubt
he will come, as we search the skies
through the frosty window; hoping for a glimpse of him.
As usually happens with children and Santa,
sleep came to us before Santa did!
The morning proved our faith well placed,
as this was the year we found our
Betsy Wetsy baby dolls under the tree, along with
puzzles, a spinning top and books!
...A book about Santa...
and a book about the real Christmas, the birth of Baby Jesus.
Remembering Mom…
Nov.’03
posted by JunieRose2005 @ 5:53 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
June, What a great idea to write
about memories of your mother. One
we should all try our hand at. At
least you have those very happy
memories to ease your loss.
Glad you enjoyed Deck of Cards. It is an old one, but worth a repeat I thought.
Merle,
Thank you for reading my early memories of my life with Mom...so much comes back when you put your mind to it!
Mom lived with us the last 12 years of her life so It's been hard for me- this writing project helped me a little bit!
:) so ppl can read it or not! It was more a self -help project than anything else!
...Yes, I remember hearing that Deck of Cards WAY back there, too! Tex Ritter is the one I remember doing it!
BTW- sure hope your daughter is doing well after the surgery!
June
How sweet! I lived in your poem. Thanks so much for sharing.
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