This was a different holiday season for us for many reasons. There was joy, some sadness, mixed with some laughter, a few games of cards and some not so pleasant weather.
Before the holidays I wrote about using the good china. On Christmas Eve I took out the good china; well it's not china, but the good dishes that actually match. We use these when ever we are having a nice dinner. The next day when I emptied the dish washer I realized one of the plates had chipped. Now I had to deal with my words...put the pretty stuff front and center in your life; use the good china. The next sentence is so what if it breaks. The plate is chipped; my pretty set of dishes has a flaw.
Now what do I do? Do I try to replace it? Put it back in the cupboard to pretend it never happened? Do I just go with one less plate? Now I can only have 7 for a dinner, that's odd.
Replacing it is not an option; they don't make these any longer. Pretending it didn't happen won't make things better next time I invite 8 for dinner. I guess I will just live with it. Figure it out as we go.
Isn't that how it is in life? We all have flaws; little chips in our lives that can't really be hidden; they are always there. We can put them them in the cupboard; but eventually they have to come out. Not everyone notices them; the little imperfections make us who we are. We have to learn to live with it. Figure it out. It certainly won't keep us from keeping the pretty things front and center in our life.
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I Just Don't Know What to Do! Written December 8th 2020- Posted When the sun is shining and Hope is in the air.
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