Christmas tree lights

I love the twinkle of color that the lights give off in the dark of the room on the green tree.  I love all the colors, just white lights are boring, the colors come more alive.   I love the peace it brings to heart as I sit looking upon the tree.  I love the cozy warm feeling it brings to me as I sit and remember our fireplace growing up, the crackle of the fire and then the twinkle of the lights. I sit in silence staring off beyond the twinkle into my own little world of memories and emotions.  Memories from my childhood dance around in my mind, with my little brother.  The next little twinkle sends me to when my kids were small and all the Christmas's of all of them so little and all together.  I can't help but to drift in and out from the past into reality.  Reality is a little different and seems to change each year as the kids get older. Cherishing the quite moment in the dark with the twinkle of the colors to drift back on, so thankful for my memories.