Connecting Our Hands to Our Hearts This Season

When my kids were young, we made presents for each other secretly, to be shared on Christmas morning.

Our pile grew and grew until we were sure it would outshine Santa’s, which it often did!

We savored the moment when gifts we made with our own hands would be shared, and I saw the kids’ excitement rise as we put Santa’s gifts aside and sat facing each other for our big moment.

Those were great times in our young life. Life should always feel so good! We were so connected as a family – the kids were little, and like little vessels of love and openness.

Well we’re still connected today, but as the kids grew older, entered college, entered the job force and started families of their own, I could feel the rush of time more viscerally around me. Time moved quickly on, snapping at my heels.

And so I must make an effort to slow time and stay connected. I must turn around and say NO to that snapping turtle of time, and again take the reins of connectedness. I cannot lose hold.

The season belongs to us, and not us to the season.

So now I still try and make a gift for someone if I can. It may be a just a tiny drawing or a little felted bar of soap – just to get my hands moving again. And I wonder is the gift for me or them? I find that my hands reconnect me to my heart, and my heart then reconnects me to my loved ones.

I pray the same for you – that you may evade time and find your hands moving in sync with your heart, and out to your loved ones. Enjoy your family! This year comes only once.

Have a blessed holiday from Luminous Encaustics!

From my heart to yours, Stay creative and keep on loving! <3

Linda 🙂