Life Outside the Cage

Christmas decorations reflect your personality type. My certainly do. I’m quite the sentimental gal. I love reminiscing about past favorite moments. Perusing old photographs brings me pleasure. My garage is bursting from boxes stuffed with Nancy Drew books, Barbie dolls, and other treasured keepsakes.

The same applies to my Christmas trees. Yes, trees. I have three of them. One is for décor only, shining brightly with its classy red, silver, and white ornaments. The other two are a stroll down memory lane. One resides in my office and is adorned with all the ornaments that have special meaning: ones that represent milestones, souvenirs that remind me of places traveled, and gifts from former students.

The third one stands as a tribute to childhood Christmases spent with my grandmother who knew how to decorate for the holiday. Arriving at her house from Colorado, we never knew what to expect. She often flocked her trees in colors. Over the years we experienced blue, silver, and pink branches standing guard over our presents. Each gift was especially wrapped in such a way that you ever so carefully attempted to open it without messing up the paper.

When Nana passed away, we discovered her many boxes of ornaments. My sister and I smiled as we divided them between us. Now her blue and silver ornaments warm my heart each time I see them draped upon my tree.

Special Ornaments space Nana's bulbs