Yes I know it’s been quite a while since I have written in
my blog. It was a combination of things
that kept me from writing. One, I was
busy teaching English, studying Arabic (where I’ve reached the point I have to
study at least an hour a day!), meeting new friends both Arabs and
foreigners….busy! And then I wasn’t sure
what to write. Life seemed pretty
routine and kind of boring! But the last
couple of weeks brought something to mind that I thought I would share with all
of you.
As Thanksgiving was approaching I was excited! I simply love the holidays, but then I
remembered that I wasn’t in America celebrating this time of year. I started to
feel a little homesick since. And as I
looked around Amman, there were very little signs that the holidays were upon
us. Thanksgiving day is just another day
here. Kids still go to school, and
people still go to work. The weekend
that followed Thanksgiving I was seeing countless posts on facebook of people putting
up their Christmas decorations and posting pictures. That excited feeling I had because it was the
holiday season soon turned back into that homesick feeling I had after first
arriving here. Holiday traditions were
not going to happen this year and that made me sad.
As I was listening to some Christmas music that I have on my
computer, a song came on called “A Christmas To Remember.” The second verse of the song caught my
attention:
I know it's true
Time doesn't stand still
Many things can change
But we know some things
never will
The memories we share
The songs we always sing
The mystery of life
The hopefulness this season
brings
And I have a dream or two
Maybe they will come true
Setting our hopes on a big
snow tonight
We'll wake up to a world of
white
It's gonna be a Christmas to
remember
Light up the fire, play some
Nat King Cole
Always sentimental and don't
you know that
It's
gonna be a Christmas to remember
Just because I don’t have my countless tubs of
Christmas decorations to put up this year and because I’m not home doesn’t
change what Christmas is all about. This
season brings hope. It brought us all
hope so long ago. Heck, I’m so
physically close to where it all happened!!!
It will be a different way of celebrating. There are not decorations everywhere on the
streets, but there are decorations in a few places I visit. It feels like Christmas in Starbucks with the
red cups and the Christmas music that’s been playing since before
Thanksgiving! This year I will just need
to find it and look for it unlike at home where it’s everywhere you go!
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