We had a wonderful Christmas with all three of our children at home for the last time with all of them as "children". Next year Sam will be 18 and may or may not choose to be with us on Christmas morning. It was a nostalgic time for me as I watched them open gifts together one at a time as is our tradition, watching each person receive their gift and commenting on the gifts and the persons involved. I am reminded of what is truly important in life and how quickly time goes by. I'm feeling a bit saddened by the passing of time.
We focused this year on service rather than gifts, although there were plenty of gifts as well. We also focused on not going into any debt for Christmas. I'm happy to say that we were successful thanks to my little part-time job. We enjoyed each other's company and spent the day happily even though there were fewer gifts and less money spent this year. I'm not sure that any of us really noticed.
The day would have been perfect had Mike and I not come down sick later on Christmas Day. I'm still sick, which explains why this post is so late and lacking photos. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
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We are all sick over here with colds! Glad your Christmas was good :)
ReplyDeleteI'm still sick too! It is a huge bummer to be sick over Christmas Break. We had to cancel all our plans.
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