Epilogue
Christmas Day dawned crisp and clear as light stole away the ebony night.
Slowly, a small, dim, cold, whitish orb ascended in the pale eastern abyss. By
mid-morning the sun’s masquerade of promised warmth provided no hope of comfort
in a pure frigid cerulean sky. Yesterday’s hint of a warming Chinook after the
cold front had entered and deposited new snow, had departed overnight as a new
high pressure area settled across the landscape. Christmas Day was born, lived,
and would pass. The uncle arrived with
his family and Grandma. Other relatives and friends came to visit; another
adventure unfolded. Amber was hitched to the sleigh adding fanciful delight to
the day’s events in reminiscent reflections of yesteryears. Bapa had attached
the bronze sleigh bells to the harness which he had purchased at an Amish
village years ago. The adventurers’ sled riding on the hills and ice skating on
the frozen pond were enjoyed by one and all; Z. Tyler put on an Ice Capades
display to rival the professional traveling troupe. When tingling fingers and
toes required thawing and rosy cheeks burned deliciously, the ice cubes
retreated to the warmth of the farmhouse where a feast of Nanny’s Christmas
delight was shared. At last, dusk overtook the day, then night ushered in
silent respite as peace covered the earth. The farmstead lay quiet under the
watchful sentinels of tiny blue-white faceted-diamonds on a black velvet
canvas. Yesterdays were saved memories;
tomorrow, the promise of even better times. Those remembrances are the keys to
tradition built on love of faith, family and freedom. And, “Someday?” Well, that’s
today, right now…Right now! Do not
wait for that elusive “wanting” to perhaps arrive, delivered in a planned
package of perfection to be opened and at last experienced and enjoyed; it may
not ever appear. Or, it may show up in a form neither anticipated nor
recognizable. Today is all-important!
Please live it, experience it, push it, challenge it, cherish it, enjoy it. Celebrate the gift with living, laughing,
loving. Like Christ‘s birth, each new
day is the best---Christmas Magic! So be it. Amen? So it is. Amen!
Merry Christmas!
(Note: Taken from a story: Christmas Magic included
in the book titled: Christmas Treasures, a trilogy of
holiday Eves by Carl Schuler---Amazon books)
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