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As we start a new month, a new season; a hectic busy crazy overwhelming\u00a0emotion-filled\u00a0family\u00a0time of year, I thought of this picture I keep on my microwave.<\/p>\n

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And I decided perhaps this\u00a0Christmas\u00a0season I will have a new mantra, “blueberry cobbler.” \u00a0The day my grandson got his first taste of that gooey,\u00a0juicy,\u00a0crunchy\u00a0sugary delight, he dug in with both hands and only came up for air to scream,”More, daddy, more!”<\/p>\n

The lesson here is obvious so I’ll try not to become too moralizing and didactic. \u00a0I think the picture speaks for itself. (But I am incapable of\u00a0letting\u00a0it do all the\u00a0talking.) We as adults forget, or have lost the ability, to dig in and embrace our perfect moments as they come. Unexpected, unassuming, \u00a0they are often sitting right in our lap as we drive onward to the next thing on our list, answering the cell call and text that are coming in\u00a0simultaneously\u00a0as the light turns green.<\/p>\n

So I don’t know about you, but I am going to attempt a Blueberry Cobbler Christmas. Focusing on the joy\u00a0in\u00a0the moments, even if the presents aren’t under the tree and even if the tree is\u00a0still\u00a0in the garage in a bucket.<\/p>\n

It really is what it’s all about, isn’t it? I’m goin’ for it and hope you’ll come along.<\/p>\n

And if I weaken,\u00a0which\u00a0I\u00a0invariably\u00a0do on most resolutions, clear the aisle for me as I scour the grocery shelves for cranberry\u00a0sauce\u00a0on Christmas Eve or hunt for that last roll of red anything in the wrapping paper section of the Container Store.<\/p>\n

Or better still, grab me by the shoulders and say, “blueberry cobbler.” And I’ll give you a big sticky, purple- faced hug.<\/p>\n


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