So I feel obligated to say "Merry Christmas!" yet to be honest I am not exactly feeling "merry" this morning.
You see, after sniffling and dealing with drainage for a couple of weeks, today I woke up will the full blown "shoot me now" cold. It is Christmas day and I am sick. I have never done well with being sick on Christmas, my birthday or any holiday for that matter. In my world, it just should not be. So that is the foundation for my less than merry mood. Want more????
So Mom got the cold the day before. So that one "stable, holds it all together for this family" person is not functioning 100%. She missed the Christmas Eve service and dinner at my house. The traditional Christmas Eve dinner at my house was reduced to Peter in one room and me in another eating our dinner.
Because of Flu and other illnesses Larry's nursing home has been on "lock down" for almost a week. He is not able to come home today for Christmas. Because mom and I are both sick, neither one of us is going to be able to go in (hands washed and masked, as I did last night) to see him. He will spend today at the Nursing Home in the ordinary way without visitors (and he is used to a daily visit from family.)
Need more....
Peter has continued to act as if I am his maid and personal attendant. The Batman PJ bottoms I gave him last night were completely rejected. And honestly I am anticipating more of the same today with the gifts I have bought him. And when tomorrow comes no doubt there will be request for more. Ever read "If you give a mouse a cookie"??? Yeah that is Peter. And I can't help but think Peter acts as he does because I allow it. And well that just makes me mad at me.
Did I mention that the cream curdled twice when trying to make my tomato soup for Christmas Eve. So I made chili.
Did I mention that the cream curdled twice when trying to make my tomato soup for Christmas Eve. So I made chili.
So I can't honestly greet you with Merry Christmas today because it would be a lie. However I can greet you with "Hopeful Christmas," because today isn't really about being "merry". It isn't really about the family smiling around the tree. Today is about hope. We recognize today that God kept his promise to his people from way back in Genesis. He promised a savior and he sent him. He sent his son Jesus to do what we could not do for ourselves. Not only that but he will continue to do for us what we can not to for ourselves. And we will celebrate with him one day in all His glory and splendor without sickness and sin to mar it.
Christmas marks hope fulfilled. It gives reason to continue to hope.
So whether your Christmas is Merry and Bright today or not, I pray that it will not be without HOPE.
1 comment:
I'm sorry to hear that you and your mom aren't well, and that Larry won't have visitors :( Lauren (strep throat, then virus) and Logan (flu) have been sick lately but are well today. We had Jim's family over for Christmas last night, so today, we are just chillin' at home :) I know of 2 kids that will be spending today in the hospital; one with pneumonia, and one just diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, so it helps me remember that I have so much to be thankful for. I will always remember that one Christmas that we spent in the hotel room and visiting Larry in the hospital. Praying that you and your family have quick healing and a Healthy New Year!!
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