Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve was so peaceful and quiet. Stars were shinning in the sky. After a long day excitment, my kids finally went to bed and fell into sound sleep. I wondered if they were dreaming about Santa bringing them gifts.
I quietly took the Christams gifts to the living room and started to wrap them. My thoughts drifted away. My kids have grown up so fast. It seemed that it was yesterday that they were still babies. I held them in my arms, rocked them to sleep and sang them lullibies. My kids have brought me the joy of motherhood.My husband has given me the happiness of being a wife. I am so blessed with such a happy family. Anthony Brandt once said: "We start and end with the family." I remembered another interesting interpretation for family. The word family equals "F(ather), M(other), I,L(ove), Y(ou)."
After I wrapped up the gifts, I started to put the small gifts in each kid's Christmas stocking, the bigger ones under the Christams tree. I am glad that my little ones still believe in Santa. They wrote their wish lists to Santa and baked Gingerbread cookies for Santa, too. I found a note besides the cookies. It was my daughter Beibei who wrote to Santa.
Dear Santa,
Please eat the cookies and prove Dongdong wrong!
Love,
Beibei
There was a "P.S" on the back of the note, it read:
P.S. He said you do not eat them.
While I was reading the note, I could not help laughing. I ate one of the cookies and put the rest away. Oh, my kids are so adorable. I love them so much. It is going to be a gorgeous Christams. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Rebecca Lin 2010 Winter In USA |
京趣，
你的留言就犹如一篇优美的散文，原来你住在北京呀，我总算知道了你为何取网名为“京趣”了。北京的雪景一定很美，我想象着长城上的白雪，该多么壮观呀。不由地吟诵起毛泽东的《沁园春·雪》：“北国风光，千里冰封，万里雪飘。望长城内外，惟余莽莽，大河上下，顿失滔滔。山舞银蛇，原驰蜡象，欲与天公试比高。须晴日，看红装素裹，分外妖娆。”
我从小在国内的南方长大的，很少见过大雪。来到美国的第一个冬天，我可见到了我生命里的第一场大雪，那可谓是冰天雪地，当时我就读的学校都停课了一周呢，那年的雪，也是俄亥俄州70年来最大的一场雪。
Have a nice Tuesday,
Rebecca
Yeah, I could not agree with you more.
Silent Night - Richard Clayderman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBGPt9x_TQE