tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post4134427915873415541..comments2023-09-22T03:32:33.934-07:00Comments on Half Soled Boots: Paging Linus van PeltShanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-42997972491032998022014-12-14T03:20:09.432-08:002014-12-14T03:20:09.432-08:00If one allows it to, over the years, Christmas wil...If one allows it to, over the years, Christmas will evolve and change - as you do. It will meet your needs every year, as long as you don't ask it to be the Christmas you had at four, when what you really need is the Christmas that is as old and weathered as you. Each year I prepare to me this years Christmas, the new and different one, the one I've never had before. I bring the traditions, it, as it aways does, brings something much more.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-1146779561945543472014-12-12T22:01:58.400-08:002014-12-12T22:01:58.400-08:00Hmmm. We girls are so darn introspective. I forget...Hmmm. We girls are so darn introspective. I forget how normal that is in this house of mine.<br />13 year old girls. What a time.<br />Have Christmas come in whatever way it does, not how it "should". <br />~kateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-35251065719090691852014-12-12T15:16:42.732-08:002014-12-12T15:16:42.732-08:00For me, the worst part was the day I tried to play...For me, the worst part was the day I tried to play with my dolls, and that magic of going into "pretend" mode did not happen. I realized I was growing up, and I realized I had lost something wonderful.<br />I never mentioned it to my mother....Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909196786266434960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-75636146409792474442014-12-12T10:33:41.239-08:002014-12-12T10:33:41.239-08:00Thanks for commenting, Jeannette, and you're r...Thanks for commenting, Jeannette, and you're right - it's part of leaving childhood behind. For me, one of the more difficult parts...as hard to watch as it was to go through.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-66458571169327500162014-12-11T18:12:27.791-08:002014-12-11T18:12:27.791-08:00I remember feeling that. I think it's part of...I remember feeling that. I think it's part of leaving bits of childhood behind.<br />It's okay. That "spirit" somehow magically does come. It sneaks up on us sometimes when we least expect it.<br />In the meantime, good luck, and, yes indeedy, Merry Christmas.Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909196786266434960noreply@blogger.com