Well, it’s the day after Christmas…one of the days I dread the most. There’s so much excitement, preparation and anticipation that builds before Christmas and when the big day is over, I feel deflated. What’s next? What do we look forward to now?? Of course there’s New Year’s, but to me, it doesn’t quite compare to the celebration of Christmas. What about Valentine’s Day? Nah, not that exciting either. So I guess the next exciting thing to look forward to is the warmer months of spring and summer? I’m not a huge fan of the cold, dead-like winter months, but it’s something I must endure every year. Sometimes it’s something I’d like to wish away and quickly plow through, but I’m reminded by this morning’s TV shows, emails from friends and Facebook statuses that I must remember the good times we just had (literally yesterday!) and cherish the time I have now. I shouldn’t be so quick to live for tomorrow, the weekend or even the next season. Because as everyone says, “time flies”, and before I know it we’ll be celebrating another Christmas, Ally will be growing up even faster and I’ll be missing these times that I have now.

So instead of being bummed that Christmas is over, I’m going to try to look forward to the little things that happen every day…all the little things that don’t normally seem to mean as much because they aren’t part of an exciting holiday. It’s up to me (and you!) to make the things happening now to be just as exciting as yesterday or the next big event, even if it’s just Ally (playing) in the snow…