is it really possible that christmas has come and gone already?
seriously, where did this month go????
knowing my life i suppose it shouldn't surprise me that a whole month flew by in the blink of an eye....
between a couple weeks of homeschooling, a pinch of cookie baking, some shopping with my love, helping with pies and my sweet baby nataley fracturing her skull, here i'm left standing at the end of the month and the end of a year.
december, a month typically filled with joys of the season, but this year God brought my heart back to the simple joys life,
as He reminded me that my children are not my own, they are His, they are in His hands and His will for their life is what really matters.
so by the time Christmas Eve came around this year i only looked forward to what really mattered.
Remembering the fact that Jesus came to this world to save us, unconditional love in it's truest form.
loving on my whole family, and honestly, being thankful we didn't spend Christmas in a hospital.
no santa...
that has proven to be one of the greatest choices brian and i made this year. telling the truth behind the myth of a man that flys through the night leaving gifts for small children. it opened the eyes of my children as to what christmas is really about...
in the words of levi "christmas is Jesus coming because i am a sinner, knowing he would save me".
and in the end i think it even brought more thankfulness to the toys they did get. they knew things were picked out of love with them in mind from people they love.
an extra special Christmas, one i'm sure will be pulled through my memory bank for years to come.
simple and filled with JOY.
