No, I'm not going to tell you to stay away from the Christmas goodies and lose seven pounds.
I saw the movie, Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith, this past Saturday. I highly recommend it. I think it's a great look into the potential of the human heart.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Christmas Moments
My definition of a Christmas moment is when something happens to remind me of what Christmas is all about. I had two of those moments today thanks to my kids.
It's been pretty crazy the last couple of weeks and as I freely admit it easy for me to get caught up in all the things surrounding Christmas. Mind you most if not all are good things, even necessary things.
This morning I was taking Abbey to school. Usually I drop the kids off at the school curb but today Andrew was home sick so I parked and walked her into the school. As I got ready to say good-bye to her she grabbed my hand and asked me to walk her to class. Any one who knows of Abbey's independent nature will understand why that was a special moment for me. I jumped at the chance.
As I said, Andrew is home sick today. I was staying with him until his mom got home at 3pm. I had my plan: he would watch TV quietly, the dogs (one new puppy) would sleep in the corner, and I would pull out the laptop and get loads of things done. Didn't happen. Not even close.
So I scrapped that idea (not an easy thing for me to do) and went with plan B. Andrew and I took care of one of our Christmas traditions, watching Home Alone together.
Now I'm at Wegmans trying to get at least half of my list done.
I'm thankful to God for today's Christmas moments and that I did not miss them.
It's been pretty crazy the last couple of weeks and as I freely admit it easy for me to get caught up in all the things surrounding Christmas. Mind you most if not all are good things, even necessary things.
This morning I was taking Abbey to school. Usually I drop the kids off at the school curb but today Andrew was home sick so I parked and walked her into the school. As I got ready to say good-bye to her she grabbed my hand and asked me to walk her to class. Any one who knows of Abbey's independent nature will understand why that was a special moment for me. I jumped at the chance.
As I said, Andrew is home sick today. I was staying with him until his mom got home at 3pm. I had my plan: he would watch TV quietly, the dogs (one new puppy) would sleep in the corner, and I would pull out the laptop and get loads of things done. Didn't happen. Not even close.
So I scrapped that idea (not an easy thing for me to do) and went with plan B. Andrew and I took care of one of our Christmas traditions, watching Home Alone together.
Now I'm at Wegmans trying to get at least half of my list done.
I'm thankful to God for today's Christmas moments and that I did not miss them.
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