Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: Christmas Blessings 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas Blessings 2008

If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things; if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi? Or sit and watch the stars as did the shepherds? Or brood over the coming of the child as did Mary? For each one of us, there is a desert to travel. A star to discover. And a being within ourselves to bring to life....Author unknown

I came upon this quote in Sarah Ban Breathnach's Simple Abundance...I do think that we have our own desert to travel...and oh, how different the deserts are for each and every one of us!!!...And stars to discover...how wonderful and exciting!!! How this little piece just made me sit back with a few quiet reflective moments...before the last of the gift wrapping, house organizing, list checking, last minute baking...

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year 2009. Thank You for all your visits and comments...it has been a real pleasure to get to know you!!! Many Christmas Blessings to each and every one of you...

14 comments:

chiara said...: I wish you a merry christmas and happy new year!! thank you
hugs; December 23, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Millie said...: Dear Dzintra - just the loveliest post to remind us of the reason for the Season. Thank you for visiting The Laurel Hedge, I always love reading your kind, generous & insightful comments, they really do put smile on my face.

My warmest wishes to you for a happy & blessed Christmas with all your Darlings big & small & I really look forward to visiting your delightful blog again next year.
Your friend Millie ^_^; December 23, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Sandi said...: Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!; December 23, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Fer said...: Merry Christmas Dzintra!; December 23, 2008 at 1:12 PM
a good yarn said...: Wishing you a peaceful Christmas filled with the joy of spending time with loved ones.

Best wishes...Ann :); December 23, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Anonymous said...: Hello Dzintra,I wish you a Merry Merry Christmas.I enjoyed reading your last post.Regards Lyn; December 23, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Susan McShannon-Monteith said...: Thank you so much for sharing that beautiful quote.
We certainly do have our own deserts to cross and I am happy that I have met you along the path.
May you and your family have a joyful Christmas and a great 2009.
xo Susan; December 23, 2008 at 11:36 PM
Leslie Rubio said...: Dzintra-Thank you for sharing this lovely quote.
Merry Christmas to you and your family and blessings be abundant for you throughout the New Year.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Your star shines brightly!

xoxo
Leslie; December 24, 2008 at 2:05 AM
Janet said...: You have a wonderful two weeks :) take good care and have fun making memories...*peace* Iris; December 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Pamela said...: Thankyou for dropping by, may the New year bring us all peace and happiness. Merry Christmas to you and yours.; December 24, 2008 at 9:19 AM
ceecee said...: Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas Dzintra. It's nice to end the year knowing that there are new friendships to look forward to. All the best,
Catherine; December 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Kimonos and Sushi(OLD BLOG) said...: Hello Dzintra, I am back and now ready to tackle what ever comes my way this next few weeks. I hope that you had a most enjoyable day yesterday with your family.Talk Soon
Andrea:); December 26, 2008 at 9:21 PM
vosgesparis said...: hope you had a good Christmas and I wish you all the best and health for the new year; December 28, 2008 at 8:11 AM
Christine Crocker said...: what a wonderful Christmas you and your dear family shared.
I love seeing everyone having such a nice time together, don't you?
many blessings to you and your family,
with love from your friend on Deerfield Farm,
Christine; December 31, 2008 at 1:39 AM

Welcome To My World

Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

Welcome to my world ... a journal of our Sea Change ... Mum to three wonderful children ... bringing up a daughter with a disability and seeing life through her eyes ... being a new Nanna ... photos ... inspiring quotes ... taking on a cookery course ... the odd recipe ... and trying to get some stitching done amongst all this ...

Dedicated to Carers...

'Welcome to Holland'

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this ...

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Colosseum, Michelangelo's David - the gondolas of Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, 'Welcome to Holland'.

'Holland'? You say. 'What do you mean Holland? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy'.

But there has been a change in the flight plan. They have landed in Holland, and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, filthy place, full of famine and disease. It's just a different place. So you must buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while, you look around, and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips, Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they are all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, 'Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That is what I had planned'.

The pain of that will never go away, because the loss of a dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

Written by Emily Perl Kingsley......Mother of a Child with a Disability

Kerri...

To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sow;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war; and a time of peace.~

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas Blessings 2008

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