Advent: Day 17

"Thank God It's Christmas"

I've always believed that, just like in a movie, special days in our lives have their own soundtrack

So, I sure the only way this post can be read and felt is listening to the amazing voice of Freddie Mercury and the superb band Queen singing "Thank God its Christmas"

https://youtu.be/fu3uA8K6ApQ

I woke up at 7am, prayed-wrote-meditated, can't really tell the difference lately. Had to breakfast.... I guess as every other day of 2017 with hopes, fears, laughs and tears

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Oh, my love, we've had our share of tears
Oh, my friend, we've had our hopes and fears
Oh, my friends, it's been a long hard year
But now it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

Today was the Children's Party, an annual party for underprivileged children a friend of mine organizes and for which for a few years now I've been donating the CLOWN ... a she-clown to be precise, which means me and my other close friends are the clown's assistants when we are not doing anything else that is required. IT ROCKS!

This year 50 families took home a food basket, gifts and joy. 50 families who have an ill loved one. Like the family of 5 kids (all under 10 years old) whose Mom has cancer and 3 months to live... I can't really say anything else about that. But I hope that as you read this you join my prayers to send light to that family.

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ The moon and stars seem awfully cold and bright
Let's hope the snow will make this Christmas right
My friend the world will share this special night
Because it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
For one night ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

Later we had vegan lunch and an ice cone. Don't you just love ice cones?

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Thank God it's Christmas yeah
Thank God it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
Can it be Christmas?
Let it be Christmas
Every day ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

We (as in the lovely souls of my closest friends) went off to the Elder's party, at a Christian-Charity retirement home, we sang the advent prayer with the nuns and rocked with 70 elders to the most popular Christmas carols in Spanish. 

A lovely grandma, who is 87 years old had her Christmas Cake with me. She told me she had been living there for 5 months, that this Christmas she had realized it her true home (now), everyone is so kind to her! She misses her daughter, who followed her husbands advise to "kick her" out of her house. She was very sad, but now she prays every day with the help of the nuns. 

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Oh, my love, we've lived in troubled days
Oh, my friend, we have the strangest ways
All my friends on this one day of days
Thank God it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
For one day ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

We all had coffee! yes... a Christmas coffee afternoon at a lovely restaurant in San Jose!

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Thank God it's Christmas
Yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
Oooh yeah
Thank God it's Christmas
Yes yes yes yes it's Christmas
Thank God it's Christmas
For one day ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

In the night, my Tao-Taiwanese friends cooked a lovely vegan dinner, just because had been travelling for a long time and she knows we love Christmas. And on top it all she invited one of the wisest, senior elders from the Tao community ... who answered so gracefully many of my spiritually-related questions 

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ A very merry Christmas to you all ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

All of that... because its Christmas.... thank God its Christmas ... for one day!