Well I woke up this morning at 5:30 to do Wilmas daily ritual making sure her Homer/Freddy got off to his Gravel pit with belly full of supplements and green drink. Handed him his lunch, making sure his clothes were not on backwards ( he tends to be less tuned in then I that early in the morning) a loving kiss, then watch him slumber to his truck and drive away. Next my attention is twarted to my computer and dive into this mornings blog.
It was great, I creatively wrote about my take on this holiday season. Why I am calling it the Seize On and not The Season. The play on words. Seize was a verb meaning to take hold. Season a noun which described the four divisions of the year etc., and how I selected the verb because I was going to SEIZE the holidays differently. Examples such as the added efforts being made to select gifts for the stockings that were not mass produced in a faraway country. Gratitude, Joy , Health, Abundance and Love were just some of the words used in todays blog. Notes on my step daughter embracing the idea of giving back and wanting to participate with me at a local food bank this year. I wrote how she and her daughter shopped to donate food supplies at their local pet shelter. This inspiring me to also quote Wayne Dyer…”Research has shown that a simple act of kindness directed toward another improves the functioning of the immune system and stimulates the production of serotonin in both the recipient of the kindness and the person extending the kindness.”
Oh there was also the cynicism in my morning blog about family the rituals and gatherings.
I then selected to post my script and the computer froze. Just Froze. No allowing me to do ANYTHING. I decided to set it down, walk away, feed the dogs and check it when I returned. Nothing. 20 minutes later and still frozen. I had no option but to shut it down. Lose my blog my two hours of life that I will never get back. Maybe it was the reason that this season had ‘seized’ my blog. Cynicism was rising within then I remembered about Mercury and how there is still about a week left of its presence along with its chaos and I chose my daughter’ s take on the matter. I shrugged my shoulders and said, “I’m over it.”
So above is my quick re-do of todays blog. I will be Seizing the Season by filling the girth of everyones stocking with less items made overseas and more items that are handmade, nutritious, educational and fun. I will be drinking Americanos with extra shots of espresso, humming some carols and decking the halls with the merriments of adorning accents. I will also continue to teach Kickboxing to work off the Americanos! I will reflect on what this time of year means to me and Love My Life.
Would be delighted to hear back with your take on this years Winter Solstice. Are you with the Season? The Seize-on? The Cynicism? Remember it’s all Good and none of it is real so just relax.
Love and light, Hedwigg 
Seize-on–you got it Sister!! Love the Wicked Witch under the tree!! More than a few years ago, I gave up on the annual ritual of the “Xmas card exchange”-oh, did I get one from them last year?? Who cares. I donate the money I would spend to a few worthy charities and send an email Xmas Greetings. Who needs another card?????
Thanks GIRL !!!!