Christmas time!!

It is Christmas day and we have enjoyed breakfast, opened gifts and are headed to see JoAnn and Don Cundy.  I am delighted to be looking forward to good times and good food with good friends!!

But I will have to admit the holidays are sometimes hard for me.  As a child Christmas was a special time in our home which was filled with all of the smells and sounds, warmth and love of a hallmark movie. My mother loved Christmas and made it special for all of us.   Baking and wrapping went on for weeks, Christmas eve candlelight worship service, the stockings were hung by the chimney with care and the next day was filled with good food, thoughtful presents, and a day filled with family and holiday festivities   I tried to recreate that same sense of joy as the girls were growing and learning to love the holidays.

Now our celebrations are very different especially when we are away from family, but I am ever grateful..... to have my dear husband to share my life with, to have generous friends who invite us into their home and to still look forward to the joy we feel at the candlelight service on Christmas eve.