The Stay at Home Mother

One of the best Christmas movies I have ever seen (and not your traditional oldie) is the movie Love Actually. I own it and wait each year until December hits to watch it. I love Hugh Grant, Colin Ferth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson and Kiera Knightley in it.

But most of all - I love the message of the movie, that if you look around, you will find that love is actually all around us. Sometimes we get weighted down with all the negative stuff that goes on in the world, that we forget the great things right in front of us - things that are really important and that we should be grateful for....

The music is wonderful in it as well.  You can CLICK HERE and listen to one of the songs featured in it.  There is no way you can listen and not get in to the spirit of Christmas.

And with Christmas officially only 22 days away now, I thought now would be a good time to start thinking about everyone else around us. It gets tough in our own lives as we are so busy and caught up with our own problems, that we tend to forget the people in the world who have it so much worse.

This Christmas, take the time to give, to pray, to love, to remember those who you haven't connected with in a real long time. Reach out to those who you have wronged or have wronged you - and forgive.

One thing I have learned in life is that it is short. The older I get, the more I realize how fast time really goes by. And what you meant to do -is suddenly one day too late.

If you haven't ever seen the movie "Love Actuallly" - rent it. Or if you have seen it - watch it again. It's a movie that will make you cry, laugh and feel good about Christmas, life and love.