Before I pontificate , may I just say,
Happy New Year!
The days since my last posting (Thanksgiving)
have been a bit hair-raising, unpredictable, and difficult for our family, thus is the explanation for my non-postage. (don't you love odd words? not sure that one is uh, accurate in that usage, but it sure is fun to use.)
If you're not friends with me or my family on Facebook, here's a quick overview...Dad went to Raleigh for a short, quick medical procedure on the Monday after Thanksgiving, and ended up back in Raleigh with a diagnosis of kidney failure on Wednesday morning. It's been a definite roller-coaster ride for all of us since then, but dad finally got to come home on December 14. We took him back to the
ER Christmas Eve night and was released Christmas Day afternoon with diagnosis of MRSA. He is still on dialysis and strong antibiotics, so he is definitely not back 'up to par,' but at least he is home and improving! God is so good. and we are thankful.
The Christmas holidays were interesting, to say the least, considering the previously
explained situation, but it was wonderful getting to spend the Holidays in NC...
where the crisp winter air wafts through the bare trees, cardinals adorn the frost-covered
clothesline wires, and the early-morning frost decorates the brown, dead grass.
I love it. It's quite superb, actually.
Christmas programs (3, actually), school/church parties, Christmas caroling (with students
at the Hospice House, then with church friends to shut-ins), Christmas-cookie-baking,
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| The K-6 Christmas Program at school- "Not a Creature was Stirring." It turned out so cute! The kids looked adorable, sang their hearts out, and did an excellent job! I was so proud of them! |
favorite Christmas tunes on the radio, Christmas movies by the fire, ... the list goes on,
but I love it all! and so very thankful to get to share these times with my family.
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| Fun Gingerbread-baking with 7-8th grade at school. Whew. This was the 1st time most of them had ever cut out Christmas cookies. Seriously? How sad is that! the room was a wreck when we finished and we were all covered in flour, but we all had a blast. and they tasted great. :) |
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| Our gorgeous live tree (from the NC mtn's) upstairs, decorated with Waterford Crystal and ornaments from overseas. It was beautiful! |
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| Living room upstairs- partially decorated for Christmas. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of it completed :( It was beautiful, though! |
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| enjoyed nifty Christmas decorations 'downtown' Thomasville during the Thanksgiving parade with friends from church. And, just for a laugh.... |
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| A snippet of the hilarious older ladies featured in the Thomasville Christmas parade. Hysterical! All around, it was a terrific (but flexible) Christmas, and I thoroughly enjoyed all the bustling, shopping, gift-wrapping, traffic, programs, decorating, etc. that are involved in making the Season memorable. And, most of all, I love celebrating and reading about the Birth of Jesus. Still marveling in the Gift of God's Son! The hour grows late, and I must needs rise early to provide and education for the children of Thomasville. :) More posts to come later. A'dieu, until then... |
