Advent is sincerely my favorite time of the year, so my heart is simply glowing with thanks...
- a new nephew being born--Evan Andrew--and sending homemade gifts to the happy family
- listening to Christmas music while I cook in the kitchen
- playing Anne Murray's Christmas album while decorating the tree with my little helpers, just like I used to do with my mom
- the grace-filled sacrament of Confession---a snow-white soul (at least for a moment) :}
- hunting for the perfect Christmas tree in the snowy woods with friends...finding more than a tree: family togetherness, the warmth of friendship, feeling alive in the brisk mountain air
- our freshly cut Christmas tree twinkling with lights in the morning, helping me start my day with a twinkling spirit
- boys being trained by their daddy to do dishes
- Nerf darts shot into our newly decorated tree, making mommy shoot angry words and later seek her son's forgiveness
- Taco Tuesday for supper...LOVE IT!
- Amazon.com Christmas shopping = easy + earns money for our school + pays for a portion of our tuition through the Scrip program...TRIPLE BONUS!
- having a holy, candle-lit dinner each night using the Advent wreath that my mom made years ago, the same wreath we lit growing up
- hanging the homemade stocking my mother-in-law made for each of us
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