Over the years, I would wait until two weeks before any holiday to put up decorations or begin the seasonal celebrations. I figured two weeks was plenty of time to get in the mood and get things done. Then I had my son and a strange thing happened. Two weeks was not enough time to enjoy the season. In fact, there was not ever enough time.
As the holiday approached I would get more depressed and anxious that it would be over too soon. His second Christmas, his third Halloween, it's here and gone. Never to be back again. So I began to procrastinate. I didn't think about the approaching holiday at all. I tried to ignore it, as if I could stop it from coming. Then time could stand still and my baby would always be with me. Of course then it would three days until... and panic would set in.
As the holiday approached I would get more depressed and anxious that it would be over too soon. His second Christmas, his third Halloween, it's here and gone. Never to be back again. So I began to procrastinate. I didn't think about the approaching holiday at all. I tried to ignore it, as if I could stop it from coming. Then time could stand still and my baby would always be with me. Of course then it would three days until... and panic would set in.
This was not working either. I can not stop time, I can not even slow it down! What I decided this year was to throw myself into it as early as possible. Maybe those folks who put up their decorations early knew something that I didn't. Perhaps when you have a child you need all the time you can get to submerse yourself in the season and make as many memories as you can.
So this year, the candles are out, the Jack-o-Lantern is on the porch and we are going to an October Fest today. If you can't beat them, I say join them!
Make many, many memories, because that really is all that's left you.
3 comments:
I always thought those people were crazy for putting up their decorations so early, but this year I decided to join the club! We put up Halloween yard stuff last Saturday. And it feels great, even if I am now "that neighbor." Ha, ha. Glad I am not the only one joining the club this year.
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@Vixen: lol, we both "that neighbor" now!
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