1. Snowflakes gently falling making everything white
2. Sitting in front of the fireplace being mesmerized by the
dancing flames – and sometimes even taking a little nap
3. Soft kleenex when the mucus monster attacks
4. Cutting down Christmas trees the day after Thanksgiving
with the whole family
5. Slightly sappy, warm fuzzy, good feeling christmas movies
(**Cough**hallmark channel)
6. Hot chocolate with a splash of carmel baileys
7. Zoey (our black lab) who is always happy to see people
and has an endless supply of love and playfulness #lifelessons
8. Hot showers in the morning (probably the only thing that
can coax me out of bed on a cold morning)
9. Sitting in our living room to the glow of Christmas lights
with all the house lights off
10. The little space heater under my desk that keeps me
toasty warm
11. It’s okay to play music about Jesus everywhere!
12. We have affectionately named Brian’s mounted dear head “Fred”. Fred is always in the Christmas spirit and
wears a santa hat year round
13. Candy canes that come in lifesaver flavours
14. Our garage… I love not having to scrape frost or snow off
my car before leaving for work
15. Christmas baking. Chocolate Chex Carmel Crunch in
particular – that stuff in definitely naughty, not nice
16. Finding a spot where sunshine is pouring in through the
window and soaking in the heat on a cold (or not so cold) day
17. Eggnog Chai Latte’s from Starbucks
18. How good the christmas tree smells the first day you set
it up
19. Coming home and seeing our outside Christmas lights
guiding the way home when it’s dark
20. Finding a good parking spot at the mall when everybody
and their uncle seem to be Christmas shopping!
21. Mariah Carey singing “All I want for Christmas is you”...it just gets your happy face on and makes
you want to sing along
22. We have 4 nativities set up in our house (I may have
crazy glued my fingers trying to fix one the first day I set it up #notaproudmoment)
23. People continually quoting the movie Elf … “you sit on a
thrown of lies!!!!!!”
24. All the little surprises you get in the mail; everything
from cards and pictures to letters and packages on your doorstep
25. Knowing that all of “this”… people, presents, things is
just a SMALL piece of life here on earth.
All of the hurts and joys will turn to eternal praise because a tiny
baby come to live among us and die that we might live.
