What THIS Christmas Means to Me.

{I just had this feeling that I needed to post this. No idea why. Excuse the intensity.}
There is something so raw, so exquisitely painful and real, about letting go; letting go of an intimate relationship, letting go of a loved one,  or even letting go of the past. 

Sometimes when words seem to fail and tears are all that seem to be apparent, we need to turn to someone, something, for support and strength. 

I think I found it this Christmas season.

"And so this Christmas I'll compare the things I felt in prior years

To what this midnight made so clear: that You have come to meet me here.

And the first time that you opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior?
And the first breath that left Your lips,
Did You know that it would change this world forever?

To look back and think that This baby would one day save me.
That you were born so I might really live.
And I celebrate the day
That You were born to die 
So I could one day pray for You to save my life. "

Relient K - I Celebrate the Day