tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post116584484407063361..comments2023-12-02T05:36:17.832-05:00Comments on Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?: Mid December musingsDebra W. Haffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018331891805010135noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-1165938073915272512006-12-12T10:41:00.000-05:002006-12-12T10:41:00.000-05:00This reminds me of a ritual I decided not to conti...This reminds me of a ritual I decided not to continue once I grew up and had my own Christmas tree. My Mother, God bless her, excels at being frugal. Every Christmas, we careful decorated our tree with single strands of tinsel in addition to other ornaments. After Christmas, my brother and I were instructed to carefully remove each strand of tinsel, returning it to the original package to be used for next year's tree. It caused no end of arguments and resistance. All of this could have been avoided had we spent a mere $.50 on a new box of tinsel. In light of all this, my Christmas trees will never see a single strand of tinsel on them. What a relief!<BR/><BR/>My husband and I are starting our own Christmas traditions now and they are especially important now that we have a new one to share them with this year.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Christmas musings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-1165845982575105522006-12-11T09:06:00.000-05:002006-12-11T09:06:00.000-05:00Wow, Rev. Haffner - I REALLY needed the reminder t...Wow, Rev. Haffner - I REALLY needed the reminder this morning to breathe and exercise and keep up my spiritual practice during the holidays. I am thinking of you drinking your coffee in front of a beautiful tree and re-committing to slowing down and drinking MY coffee in front of something beautiful (our tree is not up yet - I have three young sons, 8,5 and 1 - trees don't last too long in our house so we have to hold off on putting one up our ornaments quickly turn into teething toys, balls or other kind of flying - or shattering - objects). <BR/><BR/>But I am going to join you in spirit here. Even with no tree, I can find something of beauty (even my little boys, God bless 'em!) to gaze on to focus on the important today. Thanks for the reminder and the encouragement to do so.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you during this season of preparation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com