The Christmas Blues

I’m curious. Do any of y’all tend to get the after-Christmas blues? Every year, I fall into a funk right after Christmas. I honestly believe that it’s just because Christmas is over. The most magical time of the year is over. It’s like a switch flips and people who were wanting to slop sugar with everyone during the holidays suddenly are back to being grumps, and everything is back to the grind. It’s just sad.

Even though I was telling mom just this weekend that after all of the hustle and bustle of this past weekend, I was needing some rest, I have surely relished this time with family. These past two weekends have been chock full of family events, and while it has been crazy, I have so enjoyed it. Christmas brings all of my favorite people under one roof, it brings Jarrod home, it’s filled with wide-eyed kids and the slinging of wrapping paper. As crazy and hectic as it is, I surely miss it when it’s gone. 

I guess at the end of it, I always realize how quickly time is fleeting. It wasn’t so very long ago that we were piled into my Grandma Betty’s small house, with all of us kids running around and excitement in the air. Suddenly, we’re all grown, Grandma Betty has passed, and things are forever changed.

I suppose that is something that we can take from this. Cherish the ones that you love, every day…not just on Christmas. Someday heaven will need them back.