Ornament

I took this photo last night. My family had a tradition growing up that for each year, the three of us kids received an ornament that symbolized something important from that year of our life. Often the ornaments were hand carved by my dad.

My parents provided the ornaments until we turned 21. After that, if we wanted to continue the tradition, it was up to us. It's my favorite Christmas tradition, and each year, in late November, I begin considering what I want to symbolize the year that has passed.

This year I settled on a rose. A strong symbol for a wide variety of deeply personal reasons. I wasn't able to find an ornament with a rose on it, so I made one for myself. That's what you see above.

I was sitting on the couch last night, and it caught my attention. So beautiful from where I was sitting, and a much needed reminder.