I loved Christmas this year, for I got to experience it with my niece, who encountered Christmas for the first time ever! She considered my gift of some Mega-Blocks her favourite, out of many! How blessed of a man am I?! 🤩😍❤ We went to her great-grandmother’s house again this evening for dinner, and while she was pretty overwhelmed with the whole thing, she was at least comfortable on her mom’s lap. (Her dad is my brother.) My mom was in Tucson, but I didn’t mind because I was able to enjoy some good gifts from her, both for today and tomorrow, when I turn 28. (Fun fact: I was born at 11:11 a.m. that day.) We also saw some Christmas lights in some of the neighborhoods near Bee’s house (that’s my niece’s name), and it was very fun, but she was asleep the whole time, so while she’ll be able to see some more for another two or three weeks, she’s not very impressionable, so she isn’t able to remember a lot right now. But not many infants are. I know I don’t remember anything about my infancy.
We also made a gingerbread house (though Bee didn’t take part in it; she’s still learning how to use her arms and legs), and it took a while, but we got it done. I was going to watch The Last Jedi for the first time at their house (Bee and her parents), but we knew that traffic would be high after Christmas, but really, I didn’t want to smell bad around Bee because I didn’t bring a change of clothes, I have work tomorrow, and I sweat badly while I sleep. I want to keep the gravy train of good memories going. Indeed, it was already after 10 p.m. when I found the movie on Netflix. But while we were driving home where I’m writing this now, we took the 202 eastbound in northern Mesa, and a live version of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” was playing on the radio. Needless to say, I think I saw God in that moment, for my brother and I understood that life is really about a journey, and never really a destination. Once we took our exit from there, we traveled south for several miles, and it had no median the whole time… until we got close. I truly believe that we should enjoy the journey to where we’re going in life. My brother is 22, and so someone can criticize both of us for being Millenials, but I think God is on the move with our generation, and I think my niece can understand and love these truths we’ve learned one day, too. I also told him about a theory I discovered about Smash Bros., the Nintendo-exclusive fighters genre franchise. You can find the video that came our recently on YouTube… or better yet, just click the link here!
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this one. Merry Christmas, friends!
Ron And His Stories 