Stranger in the Mirror

Well I hate to say it but I became painfully aware of something this week. I was quite shocked to realize it, I was, in fact heart broken.

I awoke the other morning and started my morning routine. To my surprise when looked in the mirror, I didn't recognize the stranger staring back at me. I'm sure I was not seeing clearly, so I grabbed my glasses and looked again. Some stranger proceeded to taunt me. I stared into her weary eyes and glared at her wrinkled face. I even poked at her sagging cheeks and gave her a drawn out frown. Who was this old woman mocking me? Surely it was not my reflection that I was seeing; I did not look that old! Definitely age had not caught up with me just overnight!

My heart sank as I realized I have never clearly seen my physical self. My mind’s eye always saw me as relatively younger than my age. I hoped age would not catch me and so I have view myself as I use to be.

I left the mirror that morning, putting on a smile and deciding that my mind’s eye was what I preferred to see. I left that old stranger to taunt someone else!

Christmas At Our House

The holiday season at our house was very wonderful this year. We scaled down the gift giving and tried to do more activities together. Because the younger three were with their father the first part of the holiday, most of our activities took place after Christmas. We enjoyed an early morning brunch after Katie and Randy got in town. We spent a day shopping the after Christmas sales. We went ice skating one afternoon and went out to dinner at Goodwood BBQ the following evening. Chris went snowboarding with Katie, Randy and some of the other Wilsons, while Lizzie went snowboarding with a couple friends. All in all I have to say, we had a great time!