Back To Start Again.

Let's countdown to the next Christmas...

All the hype, fuss and excitement is gone in what seems like a blink. Yes, Christmas is a few days behind us and apart from wondering why our clothes are a bit tighter, it is forgotten.

We count it down for hundreds of days and yet, the day passes at the speed of light despite long drawn out family meals. Mothers have given their all and are now entitled to a well deserved break from making sure the festivities have gone off without a hitch. How many mothers have baked, cooked, wrapped gifts and cleaned house to the point of exhaustion while dad is busy navigating the plasma entertainment?

Funny enough this time of the year is where even the least used drawers get cleaned out in order to create a perfectly pristine house for the annual family visit. Curtains are taken down, carpets given a thrice over and table cloths ironed. Guilty of that myself, ironing our table cloth that is. Honestly I don't know why as the weight of all the plates, glasses and food could have ironed out any wrinkle still visible.

Christmas gives way to a new year and after we've navigated that firecracker madness we can settle down to ordinary life again. Perhaps it is the ordinary that gives life meaning and the extraordinary like Christmas and New Year underscores that by making us yearn for the ordinary peace and quiet...

Biggi