This day...

...may peace attend your way.

Merry Christmas!

 

Small baby...

 ...great love.

A light snow is falling as I write these words.  The turkey is in the oven. I am enjoying my first cup of morning coffee.  It is quiet and peaceful and I feel blessed.  All the packages are tucked under the tree awaiting my boisterous and energetic family's arrival in a few hours.  I'm smiling as I recall last night's church Christmas pageant.  Olivia (age 4) was an angel (actually, she he reminded me of one of the Herdman kids from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!) and Dayton (5) was an innkeeper.  He managed to make everyone laugh after he said his one line.  One of the highlights of the season to me, is the candlelight singing after the children perform.  The church is darkened and one by one the candles are lit until the whole place is basked in the "Savior's light." 

    Happy Birthday, Jesus.   

Gloria in excelsis deo!

and

Christmas Blessings to you, my friends!

 

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I've been AWOL and missed you!  

But I'll be back.

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Wishing you a blessed Easter Day!

He is risen!

bundle up!

Baby, it's cold outside!

What are you doing to keep Jack Frost at bay?

a new year dawns

time flies

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This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or use it for good.
What I do today is important, because
I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes,
this day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something
that I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain, not loss;
good not evil; success not failure;
in order that I shall not regret
the price I paid for it.
Author Unknown

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Christmas weaves a magic wand over this world,

and behold,

everything is softer and more beautiful.

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Norman Vincent Peale