Songs of The Season: I Need A Silent Night.

Being a full time working mom and wife is hard.  It's tiring, and leaves you with little time (and energy) for yourself.  My days start early and end late.  The alarm sounds at 6:04am (no, I don't know what the random :04 is about, but that's what time it goes off), and I'm lucky to be in bed before 11:00pm most nights. 

We get up, get breakfast put together, get a groggy little girl up, dressed, teeth brushed, makeup on, diapers changed, grab all of our crap, and we're out the door.  I put in my eight hours, swing by and pick G up from the nanny's house, rush home, start dinner, clean up after dinner, pack lunches, scoop litter boxes, get G bathed and in bed, and usually by about 9:00pm, I can relax for a few minutes before completely zonking out on the couch only to awake an hour or more later and realize I still have to shower.  Oy vey.  As if a regular work week isn't draining enough, when you add the holidays into the mix, it's like a double whammy. 

I've heard today's song of the season dozens of times.  I've liked it since the first time I heard it, because I can relate.  This year, I Need A Silent Night seemed to take on a different meaning.  With all the hustle and bustle of every day life, and the added impact of the Christmas season, I just need a break.  And chances are, you're probably nodding your head in agreement because you need a break too.  December tends to get shorter every year.  College football season starts, then Halloween, Thanksgiving, and before you know it's the day after Christmas and you find yourself standing in a living room full of Christmas remnants wondering where the month went.  It happens every year...but seemingly quicker and more aggressively with each Christmas that comes and goes. 

Personally, I'm trying to make this year different by focusing on what's important -- family, good health, love, and most importantly the birth of our Savior.  If my mind and heart are in the right place, I'm sure my body will follow ... and maybe then, I'll get my silent night. 


Happy Christmas!

Songs of the Season: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

It's the second day in Songs of the Season.  Yesterday we kicked it off with I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - something lighthearted to take the edge off of the draining work week and the turkey coma that everyone is finally waking up from.  Today's song of the season is one of my all time favorites.  It's a little on the solemn side, but I love it for it's simplicity.  The melody, the words...it just flows. 

When Mr. M and I were dating, we used to talk a lot about music.  Mainly because we were in a long distance relationship, and knowing which songs each other loved, helped us feel more connected when we'd hear those melodies on the radio.  Sounds silly, I know, and I guess in a way it really is.  But it was our thing, and I always felt a little bit closer to him during those brief moments of air play that were made up of his song. 

Christmases were always a little more special.  While others were wishing for sugar plum fairies and snow-covered lawns, I was always dreaming of the day I'd be able to spend Christmas with him.  It eventually happened...about four years into our relationship, and we've had Christmas together every year since.   

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas was always my song.  It was one of those that he would hear, and his mind would go to me, and vice versa.  To this day, that song still takes me back to our dating days.  The only difference between then and now?  My Christmas wish has finally come true, and now I really can have a merry little Christmas. 

Happy Christmas!