Sometimes our legacy is … our legacy.
Heckuva thing for a guy not inclined to have his own family to say, but I’m full of contradictions. Such as being so moved by Matthew 1:1-17.
I hope you had a very Merry Christmas, Zana. It sounds like you appreciated the true gifts. As I tried to as well.

Zana wrote, “last night when I playing Santa, i suddenly was moved to write my children’s names on a pretty piece of note paper, fold it up and put in my stocking.
They are my gift.”
ain’t that the truth… the whole Truth… and everything in the TRUTH
Every child on this planet, every child born is our (all of us) gift.
God said to the Hebrews when Jesus was born, and everyday since then to all of us – I have faith in you, and I trust you to do the right thing.
hugz,
Cully
http://community.beliefnet.com/cully

Zana: Not only was I moved by what you “were moved” to put into your stocking, I was also struck br another importany(IMHO)illustration it provided. Where is it written that your stocking must be stuffed by SOMEONE ELSE? Although those of us who share this common malady are probably the LAST group to do so, giving to ourselves is a valid. rven praiseworthy endeavor. after all, aren’t we instructed to love others AS OURSELVES? To me that implies a commandment to love OURSELVES, although I admit to “getting” that rather late in life! This year i gave my son’s new fiance a vase that was originally my mother’s because I wanted her to have something that had belonged to the (human) person to me who most modeled unconditional love, and I know my mother would be as thrilled as I am with the young lady my son has chosen to live his life with (beautiful inside AND out!) In the letter I wrote to accompany the vase, I shared with her a truth that I learned about a year ago which relates to giving to self. Flowers add such natural beauty and elegance to a room, that it’s a shame most of us feel we need to wait for others to present them to us; I urged her to begin giving them to HERSELF! Even if, like myself, apartment dwelling precludes picking them out of your own yard, most large stores now include a floral department where mixed bouquets can be purchased for a pittance, and they’re just as lovely and fragrant as those someone else might present to you!. You carried that philosophy to a fitting end by stuffing your own stocking, Zana, dear, and you don’t have to worry about exchanging anything, either! (Another added bonus; “exchange croeds can be just as deadly as “pre-Christmas “”putchasing crowds” if not more so! Thank you for sgaring this specialmoment from your Christmas with us; it was truly inspirational, at least to me! And if you’re anything at all like I am, your children are the BEST gift you could ever receive!

Zana -
As I mentioned on the day that you posted under “O Holy Night”, I was and am in awe of your “stocking stuffers”. You are a woman of courage, strength and love.
God bless you,
Nancy L., NJ

You had the best gift in your stocking and your life…your children.
Nancy a.k.a. sixlittlekitties