This year started off on a "bittersweet time" in my life  . . . we loss my stepdad at the end of 2017 to Alzheimers.  We celebrated his life with a memorial in his honor two weeks ago at my brother's home. Earlier in the year 2017, we also loss my oldest sister Jeri to kidney cancer. 

2018 will be a much better year, I’m sure and I certainly hope so.

Gratitude seems to calm my heart when I feel overwhelmed . .  it works!

Isaiah 30:29

And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel

Christmas Holiday Ending

Gathering all my ornaments and putting them away is always one of the saddest days for me  . . . I just love the holidays.

Rexy kills me how he chops up my lovely Christmas tree and puts it in the trash can . . . Oh my!

I know I have another empty container somewhere in the garage for this garland . . . it always seems like I'm adding an extra container every holiday season . . . LOL!

 Containers are pack and almost ready to be put away in the garage for another year again . . . Christmas just doesn't last long enough.

Santa's and snowman are put packed away  . . . praying my snowman's nose does not break.

But really what this season is all about is baby Jesus . . . I'm so glad for the relationship I share with Christ . . . it just works, never ending and always there for me.  Blessings xo

Colossians 3:15-17