well ...

so much for blogging the last few weeks ... and recording the remaining days of the Great Christmas Giveaway.  I did LOVE the text I got from Laura where sweet Sam helped her go the extra mile to give to someone in need.  I wish I could say that I was intentional in living that out every day, but I wasn't.  It is so HARD to not just let life happen to us ... with work, and relocating in Augusta, and preparing for Christmas and worrying about Gavin's phantom pains, and cooking, and hanging out ... somehow, I start with good intentions and end in survival mode.  Some days I didn't even give grace ... So, I'm thankful that giving is not for December.  Celebrating Immanuel, God with us, is not just for Christmas.  And January is a great time to get back on target with the things that are really important ... (do you ever feel like you start out on track in January only to find that your train left the track somewhere in April ... and you ended up somewhere you never intended to be??)

So, before thoughts turn to New Years, new starts, new thoughts ... just wanna take one last evening to bask in the sweetness that is Christmas.  To think back on all that I have to be thankful for ... to relive the celebrations and to bask in the grace in the hard times ... to dream a few dreams for what's ahead and to just enjoy being.