As they sit playing a game and try to figure out new pieces of technology and I've opened every near impossible plastic case and read every set of instructions they still sit engaged and excited. And I sit here enjoying a pause in the evening and enjoy a cup of tea. Dad and Wesley are sleeping (I took my nap this afternoon!), Sara has gone to spend time with her boyfriend in Kamloops, Stewart is working and Deana wasn't home this year but is with her boyfriend and his family in Edmonton.
We've enjoyed a Christmas feast and I even managed to shepherded the kids into helping clean up dinner and Christmas Day craziness. I've still got the talent!
After a very long December I've been thinking of what I am thankful for. Here is a start:
- My loving family. We're spread out and things are a bit different these days but they are all still beyond amazing!
- Christmas Eve worship. The celebration of Jesus' birth with good friends and amazing worship leadership. It's an extension of my family, it's the community where I feel safe.
- My role as a sheep in the Cathedral Nativity Play, my two year old "buddy"who gets so excited when she sees me... it makes my day every time I see her! We were sheep together!
- Aaron narrating for me the game he is playing on his DS
- Taylor and Rhys sitting on the couch together, helping one another figure out the unknowns of an itouch
- Sara's willingness to stay around and help with the clean-up before taking off
- The many phone conversations with Deana, distance may separate us but we talk oh-so-much!
- The love Stewart has for his brothers and sisters... he can't hide it!
- Wesley's humor, hardworking and caring self.
Obviously there is lots more that I am thankful for on this Christmas Day. Maybe it is a good idea for us all to take some time to remember all the things we are blessed with.
Merry Christmas my friends. May God bless you this day and all the days to come.
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