This is the last year my granddaughter will attend elementary school. She will graduate to middle school in 2014. Man, that's a eye opener. 2014, who would have thought it ? Grandma and Morgan were baking the holiday cookies and cupcakes for the school celebration. Not sure if it a holiday party or what they are calling it, but it is a Christmas party to me. Melted snowman cookies and reindeer cupcakes. Very cute and very tasty. Will it be the last appearance of these delightful treats ? They don't do that sort of thing in middle school you know ? I can't see them being made just for us, a lot of time and effort is required. They just may become a memory until great grandchildren come along. It is rather a sad thought. I wonder if by the the time my great grandchildren are going to school if home baked goods will even be allowed. Judging by the past and currant conditions, I would say no. And that is a sad thought as well. I beginning to see why the holiday season can become depressing ! Well they can always make them for private functions.
I do think I am going to miss the special little treats being baked. Grandma and Morgan do it for almost every holiday celebration at the school. At one point I was even called, the cupcake man, at the school office. I just delivered the finished goods but would take some of the credit ! LOL Hey, delivery is work too.
There are not many left after this. St. Patricks day comes to mind. Last year they made pots of gold and rainbows on cupcakes. I'm not certain about Valentines day, nothing comes to mind. I'm drawing a blank here, maybe that is it except for the big end of the year party. Caps and gowns perhaps ? Diplomas ?
Yes 2014 looms large on the horizon. The end of elementary school activities for Morgan and Grandpa. The cuteness factor dropping. Childhood fading away. Yup, I'd say this holiday stuff can be depressing.
Well Christmas is for children. New life, new possibilities and hope for peace. There is no telling what Santa may bring. We celebrate the birth of Jesus for that very reason. New hope, new life and new possibilities. Are we not taught that all things are possible through Jesus Christ ? That promise doesn't go away with age. If we allow ourselves to become depressed during this season of renewal, it is because we forget that message.
Do not quit wishing for the things you want. Do not lose hope. The gift is there for the asking.
Bake the cookies, decorate the tree and string the lights ! We can make the melted snowman cookies and reindeer. We can celebrate with all these things. We are the children of God and as such we are entitled. Entitled to celebrate his birth and the hope for the future, and we should celebrate with the innocence of children. With that same belief. Unquestioning and infallible.
I do think I am going to miss the special little treats being baked. Grandma and Morgan do it for almost every holiday celebration at the school. At one point I was even called, the cupcake man, at the school office. I just delivered the finished goods but would take some of the credit ! LOL Hey, delivery is work too.
There are not many left after this. St. Patricks day comes to mind. Last year they made pots of gold and rainbows on cupcakes. I'm not certain about Valentines day, nothing comes to mind. I'm drawing a blank here, maybe that is it except for the big end of the year party. Caps and gowns perhaps ? Diplomas ?
Yes 2014 looms large on the horizon. The end of elementary school activities for Morgan and Grandpa. The cuteness factor dropping. Childhood fading away. Yup, I'd say this holiday stuff can be depressing.
Well Christmas is for children. New life, new possibilities and hope for peace. There is no telling what Santa may bring. We celebrate the birth of Jesus for that very reason. New hope, new life and new possibilities. Are we not taught that all things are possible through Jesus Christ ? That promise doesn't go away with age. If we allow ourselves to become depressed during this season of renewal, it is because we forget that message.
Do not quit wishing for the things you want. Do not lose hope. The gift is there for the asking.
Bake the cookies, decorate the tree and string the lights ! We can make the melted snowman cookies and reindeer. We can celebrate with all these things. We are the children of God and as such we are entitled. Entitled to celebrate his birth and the hope for the future, and we should celebrate with the innocence of children. With that same belief. Unquestioning and infallible.
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