Home at Christmas...

In these days of Christmas, since the month of December began, on weekends my husband and I give ourselves a space to relax, to listen to each other, where the stories resonate, the human experiences we have been going through, the same challenges of other Christmas seasons and how we have grown by overcoming them in the light of a bonfire lying in a hammock in our home.

Every weekend, we give ourselves this space of voices in resonance that give shape and meaning to this time of advent for the nativity of listening to our heart, and to that own voice, strong and clear, and how our life story has been going through this year 2023, which almost ends Galen, also these stories accompany and tell us our own story, the protagonists are us.

Last Saturday night we talked about how we separated and reunited with objects, family, friends and even our pet to realize the family project that connects with our gratitude in our golden years, and we are still productive and proactive, thank God.

It is our story and that of many couples who in their old age make decisions, who choose meaningful objects, and let go of the superficial ones, of a strong and joyful relationship like ours that has chosen to emigrate again in 2024, with the hope that it will be a dynamic and transforming migration, to that distant country, in which two of our three children have already been working for some time (in another post I will tell you about our destiny).

Curiously, I realize that the closing of stages fall on weekends, time of closure of a stage and beginning of another, this warm night typical of the tropics appears in my memories "an invisible bridge" that connects me between the shared past, this present of separation and the future of a relationship with resized reunions.

Saturday night we talked about defining a north, with a deep and present commitment of life, which we must inform our children on Christmas Eve before Christmas.

Tomorrow is Sunday of the second Advent and today `Saturday in front of our firelight, we are burning stages with the breadth of our gaze and gratitude permeating our farewell.

I believe that Christmas causes these types of interactions in many of us, it brings them out, and it is important to attend to them in detail so that for the rest of the year to come, the relationship as a couple and with our families will move towards as healthy, deep and authentic a bond as possible.

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This noble gentleman who has been with me for 46 years, electronics engineer with PhD in industrial projects, father of my children is also a first class grill master, so today in the face of our bonfire this Saturday, December 9th, we also celebrate our decision to migrate, to name the illusion for all that we will discover, to name the joy for having the opportunity to start an adventure, to name the hope for a better future, to name the confidence in the depth of our bonds. ¡Cheers, for this moment!.

With big decisions and changes, I only ask for clarity to go through this new migration and learn to decide with what we have at hand, it is an apprenticeship of years, and many feelings emerge at once.

I embrace you. Let's keep healthy in every way. For those who cultivate their spiritual side, may this period be an opportunity to keep the inner light. May it also give us passion, illusion, life, vitality and fullness for our mental health.

My home will always be my source of communion, of relaxation on weekends with existence, my refuge where my heart is from serenity, the voice that tells me that where I am, there is my home.

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Today I asked myself how much serenity and confidence we have to feel in our soul to know how to listen, discern and decide which is our north? How many times have you stopped to ask yourself what you really want in your life? I appreciate your comment.

Janitze.