A Month of Blogs Day 22 (A Perfect Day You Had)

This is going to be not as long as the last one, but here we go - with my dodgy memory.

I'm 10 years old, and it is Christmas day. I wake up early and the family opens their presents. I got exactly what I asked for and some clothing. What I wanted was a chemistry set with a microscope that goes to the power of 250X magnification. It was the best gift I can remember getting.

All day we munched on nuts and candy and played games together. We almost never had nuts and candy, so it was a heck of a treat to me.

The it was time for dinner, and it was the best meal I remember my Mother cooking. It was a rare time when the turkey was not dry as a bone. It was all so very good and I deeply enjoyed it. I felt great gratitude for what I had in life - this I think was the first time I felt this. I literally thought God was shining on me at the time.

Later after dinner, my Cousins and my Aunt and Uncle came over. They gave me a record of "Eagles" (the band). I have lost the memory of the actual album, as I looked up what I keep thinking it was, and that one came out years after I was 10. I remember playing in my play room in the basement with my Cousins and enjoying it deeply. I never heard of the bad before and it was absolutely amazing. I deeply wish I could remember what the album was, so I could listen to it today.

My cousins and I played and had a lot of fun - even know they where not as old as me, it did not matter. This was the last Christmas I got anything fun, after that I was considered a "big boy" and got "big boy" items. No day in my life matched the feeling of Love and belonging and joy.

Well so much for being a short blog post LOL - but in light of other blogs I've read, this is short LOL. Have a fabulous day and keep smiling.

 

This is the actual tree from that year. It was literally the only time Dad took a photo of the tree. I think it was Devine intervention to let me have a memento.