By Kendall Gayle Washington
Editor-in-Chief
A time for giving Christmas, a time for giving. This year my mother asked me months in advance what I wanted for Christmas and I could not come up with anything. My mind was so focused on my academics and completing the cheer season, I could not focus on wants.
I think oftentimes we get caught up with what we want and cannot enjoy Christmas for what it is. Yet, this principle does not just apply to Christmas, it applies to life.
Oftentimes we get all caught up in what we want before taking care of what is important. I could have taken the time months ago to make a Christmas list, but all I cared about was taking care of my prior commitments. All I care about is making my last Christmas before I am eighteen the best Christmas yet.
A faded imagination
Up until 5th grade I still believed in Santa Clause, until my imagination faded away. The moment you stop believing in Santa Clause is the moment you realize that you are growing up.
Christmas always felt like the most magical time of the year when I was a child. When my mom put up all of the decorations, I would pretend that I was in a winter wonderland.
Then it was not a winter wonderland anymore. That’s the thing, when we get older why does our imagination fade away and why do we let it?
When we get older we let the negatives of the world consume us, well I refuse to let it. There are so many positives to life and we need to remember the things that make us happy.
A new start
When the clock turns 12:00
Fireworks and love appears
We say we’ll change
A new start
We say we’ll be better
A new start
All to find ourselves doing the same the next year
A recurring cycle that never ends until we depart Until we depart earth…
