Believing is Believing

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Believing is Believing

December 17, 2011 by myrahough

Christmas has always been a special holiday for me. I loved the lights. I loved the shopping. I loved the wrapping. I loved the time off. I loved the food. I loved the family get togethers. I loved the power of believing. I loved the magic.

As a mom, that love has only gotten stronger. To see it through the eyes of your child is so much more magical. It makes you believe all over again (although, I don’t think I ever truly stopped).

So, maybe a chubby man wearing a red suit, using a sleigh and reindeer as tranportation and delivering toys to children all over the world in one night, literally doesn’t happen. In all honesty, I am the one that moves Ernie around and makes him do silly things and takes pictures of him. Sorry to disappoint, but yes, that is me. The little man really doesn’t fly on his own or leave every night to report to Santa. And yes, it was me, who put in Jayda’s information and pictures to the PNP website so that she could watch a video of Santa telling her if she was on the naughty or nice list. It was all me. I confess.

But, the magic behind it, the power it has to put a smile on a child’s face, that is not me. That is the power of believing. The power of having an imagination. The idea that maybe, just maybe, it is true. It is the power of having hope in goodness. The warmth that a child’s smile brings you. The power of bringing someone happiness, even if it is for just a short period of time.

It is a wonderful feeling. A feeling that something magical exist. It is the same feeling you have at Disney World- everything feels perfect and you have no worries or stress.

So if all this makes my baby girl believe, smile, imagine, wonder, have faith, be kind, love and be excited…. it does exist…