It's been a while since I've wrote on here. I'm sorry it took so long for me to get back on here, but my personal life took a huge bad turn. My childhood/church friend, Abby, passed away on November 30th at only fourteen years old. She was an incredible friend, and I'll miss her dearly. To say her passing was a shock is an understatement. Bottom line, the bullying HAS to stop.
So, I made the decision to give myself a temporary break from the blog and social media pages to deal with the loss. Then, the holiday craziness kicked in and I was getting gifts ready and cards sent out. I've been super busy.
So, since I have a few minutes to myself, I thought I'd blog about the Christmas season and my traditions, as well as learning about other holidays and the traditions associated with them.
First, I want to talk about learning about other holidays and their traditions. So, even though I'm a Non-Denominational Christian, I think that as humans, I think it's really good to learn about other holidays. I kind of relate it to my Autism. I mean, I would want people to learn more about Autism to fully understand how I live and act. It's the same concept with that. It's good for Autistic people to learn about other people too, that way, we can understand each other.
So, that's what I'm saying about that. I'm now going to talk about my traditions and how my family and I celebrate Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, we are at my grandparents house who live out of town. I always go a few days early to help them with Christmas Eve (and to make my famous cherry cheesecake). Last year, my Grammie got sick and had to delay Cheistmas Eve. Here's where it was memorable; we went to church on Christmas Eve for the first time. We usually go to a Christmas Eve service a few days earlier. The presence of God filled the room and I felt His presence and love the whole time.
Some things that doesn't change is Sloppy Joe on Christmas Eve, opening the presents from the grandparents on Christmas Eve, and those awesome Christmas Jammie's!! After the Christmas Eve, we head back home and go to bed. I turn on one of the most amazing traditions of all; 24 HOURS OF A CHRISTMAS STORY!!!! Yep, I actually watch that movie over and over again.
Then, Christmas morning! I get really excited for this part. Part of that is my Autism, I get too overly excited about stuff like this. Plus, I LOVE ripping paper. It's really therapeutic.
After that, we relax a bit, eat dinner, then we collapse and relax some more. Everyone sleeps, and I'm like the only one whose fiddling with my presents!
The top things I love about Christmas are really important to me. The first is the true meaning of Christmas. It's celebrating the birth of Jesus, a symbol of God's love for us, who would eventually die a brutal death for our sins and be forgiven and whole with God. The second is being with my most amazing family. God truly blessed me with such wonderful parents and siblings who have my back and stand up for me every day. I love them all.
I wanted to talk about these things because it'll be next year before I get on and blog again. That means I'm giving myself a holiday break. 2015 has been an amazing year, and I cannot wait to see what good and awesome things 2016 will bring me!
So, from my family to yours, have a Happy Holidays and have a very Merry Christmas. And Happy New Year!
