Yep….WHOM (94.9) started the 24/7 holiday music…they will play it through the end of the day, December 25th.  And I LOVE IT!  I mentioned in an earlier blog that I am addicted to an hour long drive around the lake (almost every morning…it’s how I start my day)…And today the Christmas music started….

An hour may not have been long enough today….each song brought special memories…and significant  emotional responses as I remembered Christmases past….in Falmouth (where I grew up)…the illnesses and loss of my parents….celebrations at my Nana’s (in Falmouth…on her porch, and in Portland)…And in the home we knew for 22 years….

I miss being a kid.  And I miss my little boys.  The excitement and wonder ina child’s eyes.  Simpler.  Easier.  I miss the comfort of Christmas mornings…pancakes and bacon..(oh…we will still have that)…And I look forward to Christmases here, with our grandchildren, and a front porch…

This season?  It’s kinda like a swim in a cold lake….In listening to the music (before Thanksgiving), and beginning to decorate…I am dipping a toe and wading in…rather than jump in all at once in the middle of December.  In a while, I will be acclimated and will enjoy the Season, “swimmingly!”