Gayle Tales: The Card

For the first 50 years of my life, my perfectionist self mistakenly believed it was all about knowing more, getting it right, planning, attempting to prevent bad things from happening, and keeping all of my chicks in a row. It took me this long to discover that the JOURNEY is all that matters. This quote from Gilda Radner sums it all up:

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. "

Sunday, December 9, 2012

The Card

One of our grand traditions in this family is our Christmas card.
Not just the Christmas card, but the Christmas card picture!

For many years, it was just a picture of the kids.
They would complain and moan about having to
take so many pictures in the hopes of getting a picture
that was "just right".

As they got older, they started becoming a part of the planning
process. What should we wear? Where should we take it?
Dogs or no dogs? Cats or no cats?

This year, my daughter Kerry decreed it should be a
Patagonia fleece Christmas card and I suggested we
be walking down a country road with the dogs.

This is the photo that was finally chosen (after a little bit
of Photoshop to get everyone looking their best!)