“The Instructions YOU NEED – For the Gift YOU Received”

Dec 23rd “The Instructions YOU NEED – For the Gift YOU Received”

Everyone receives an extra special gift… that they always wanted, but do not receive the correct INSTRUCTIONS!

So… today the very first thing I decided to check out on the computer… “TODAY” was an old time friend, “BOB ROSS” to which … so many of us, did take the time to watch a good number of years ago… remembering that we would take the time to watch… as a family group or with their Grandson… like I did!

Sit down… right NOW… with your children and or Grandchildren, if you are so LUCKY to have… as I am, because …this is good medicine for everyone.

Remembering… when I was in the Third and Fourth Grades, we had “Sister Florence” as our teacher and she had a table in one corner of our classroom, with all kinds of artistic painting colors suppliers in paints and pencils and a whole assortment of the necessary things to create “Works of Art!”

At that time… I do not believe that we were too interested in that stuff, as we did not really have the full length of time to sit and pay attention, as well as to understand… that which would be creative in many ways – if at that time, we like being there… instead…we did not want to be there.

I did enjoy the time that I had to make several things for my MOTHER, as she would give us the highest amounts of praise for any and all of the things that we would make, and the best part of those creations we made for her… she kept and saved forever!

So with the items that MOM saved of ours, and when we were in the process of moving… those treasures of long ago, I wrapped to be saved and have kept with my stuff, just as if they were the best treasures on this Earth… to be saved…forever!

Some things in LIFE mean more to some people than to others. Since my MOTHER saved all of our PRIZE offerings when we were little, something so simple… not that I had seen done by other families… made a difference to me internally.

When my children came into this world, and started to create “WONDERS” of all kinds, I found special boxes to save each and everything, all hand-created items… no matter what! So today, I have all those “Treasures” still nicely boxed and in some cases… the box is overflowing!

Once you become a “TREASURE-Keeper” always a “TREASURE-KEEPER.”

JUST… the other day… as I was opening boxes that have a variety of CHRISTMAS STUFF…. there was that largest of boxes the “TREASURES” of the CREATIONS of the GRAND-CHILDREN … and now the Grandchildren are having their own families and children… and so soon, I hope to be seeing more wonderful hand created items… made by the GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN!

I do believe that this world is a very wonderful place to be… when you have the chance of a LIFETIME – that is to have the next GENERATIONS … that just seem to be more creative than the last… with the next generation having ideas of how to do and able to make many more highly creative items… than those items made by hand… that even “US” the older generation will still want to collect and keep forever!

This week of Christmas Time … we need more TIME to be with those we LOVE … getting to remember all of the good times we all had… while continuing to make more memories that will fill volumes… So NOW… always giving THANKS to the ALMIGHTY that He put us all together in the best of FAMILIES … where we will all share the LOVE and with as much as we were given to share! D.V.