in search of simplicity.....

ok, so holidays tend to be a time of collected family indulgence and excess.......but it is usually the simple things that come to mind in retrospect.......like the christmas lights that were in abundance on the trip down and back....already.....the most visually pleasing displays are the ones that are not displays at all......we saw from a distance a clearing in the trees...with a few lighted deer twinkling against the darkness.......which says peace on earth much louder than most chaotic jumbles of candycanes, crosses, santas, et all........crowding front lawns.......nothing quite prepared us for the landmark that was to prepare us for a right hand turn.....a junkyard with a lighted 'jesus'.....the spelled word not the outline.......i kind of like the sentiment....junkyard jesus.....sounds like a shrine of sorts........the ride down to tennessee was spirited...like our children saved up things to say jut for the time in the car........at one point the subject of nicknames was on the table.....and our oldest shared that his friends call him c-dub...and it was then suggested that we could have been more ambitious in coming up with our combined last name......that we could have taken the letters and formed a new word..........like cornbrew ...there were other missed opportunities put forth.....but that one is the only one i remembered.......2 syllables rather than 3....8 letters rather than 10....we'll think about it......now if we could come up with a single syllable word that streamlines the family down to the bare bones.....now that would be something to really consider........