The gifts are wrapped; cards and packages sent; the baking is done. Now is a lull, and I like this time before the rush of the actual holiday.
The child in me remembers all those great Christmases and the anticipation. It was the anticipation that grabbed me–waiting, waiting, waiting!
Traditions resounded in my childhood home: church program, program at school and one of my favorites was shopping from the catalogs for months before Christmas.
Montgomery Wards — we called it Monkey Ward. I couldn’t wait for the thick catalog to arrive. I would dog-ear the pages of what I wanted, revisiting that magical volume often. Then I would wait, wondering if I would get what I wanted.
Did you always get what you wanted? I didn’t. I will tell you about that in my next post.
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Published by Larada Horner-Miller
Larada Horner-Miller is a poet, essayist and accomplished multi-genre author who holds a bachelor’s degree in English, with a minor in Spanish and a master of education degree in Integrating Technology into the Classroom. She is the accomplished author of eight award-winning biographies, historical fiction, memoir, and poetry works and three audiobook’s plus three self-published cookbooks.
Her most recent book, Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry is a finalist in the Global Book Awards. As is our book released last year, Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir.
Horner-Miller has also been a past national presenter at the Women Writing the West Conference and is currently the creator of Memoir Workshops for others who want to share their family’s legacies through words.
Larada and her husband, Lin, enjoy being nestled in the mountains above Albuquerque, New Mexico, near the village of Tijeras. When not writing books, this passionate, energetic, and enthusiastic woman loves to spend time kicking up her heels at square dancing gatherings, traveling, knitting, and reading.
As co-manager of her family’s southeastern Colorado ranch, she enjoys spending time exploring her family’s historic ranch and reminiscing with her brother and his children about their mom, dad, and granddad.
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Hi, I do love Christmas.
Me, too, and it’s almost here again.
Hello
I guess I was pretty lucky because I usually got what I wanted. My mom spoiled me and when she became a grandma she spoiled her grandchildren too.
Thanks for sharing about your Christmas and an early Merry Christmas to you!