Almost Christmas
December 17, 2004

Well, the Grammy nomination didn't come my way. I was really bummed. I was so sure that BIG KID was going to be in the running. For some reason, I take those things so hard. As if I haven't done a good enough job, or my nose is too big, or I'm too old, or I don't network well enough. Then I wrote about my disappointment in the Yahoo Chat and so many people turned my outlook around with their gentle reminders. BIG KID is still a tour de force and an album I can enjoy, celebrate and grow old with because it is, genuinely, an album full of love, laughter and intelligence. So, thanks to everyone who gave me encouragement and allowed me to feel sad.

Christmas is almost here. Our house is a disaster, but that's ok. We have been in "new addition" mode for the last six months...we tore off our old screened in porch (which had a GIANORMOUS colony of carpenter ants! shudder!) and have been in the process of adding a family room. With a FIREPLACE! Now Santa can enter our home properly!

The tree isn't up. There is dust everywhere. But we are together, and we are a family of love. That makes the
season beautiful!

I'm apologizing for not getting to my blog lately...I'm behind in a million ways. The holidays bring added opportunity for me/us to extend love in a myriad of ways, so I have to put things like online journals aside for a bit.

More soon, I promise. But, if for some reason I can't return soon...let me say "Merry Christmas" to you. May your season be warm and bright and may strangers greet you with true courtesy and affection. May the entire world be showered with peace.

From the girl and her guitar

posted by Sara Hickman at 02:03 pm
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