This is my 200th post... and it is very fitting that it falls on my last post for the year 2008 - CHRISTMAS.
This holiday season was a year of many firsts...
This was the first Christmas for Sara with our family. We were so excited to watch as she soaked in each aspect of the holiday season!
This was also the first year we have had so MANY different celebrations! We celebrated Christmas with Mamoo and Papoo on the 14th of December, Christmas Eve was spent with Papa and Deedee in Stamping Ground, Christmas Day we were home... and Pop and Nini came up 2 days after Christmas and stayed with us for 4 days!
This was also the first Christmas in my 42 years... that I was not with my Mother on Christmas Day. It very nearly brought me to tears for the entire month before Christmas - and still brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.
This was also the first Christmas that we actually stayed HOME for the entire day on Christmas Day. Jamie, Chuck and Briana came out to our house... and we had Christmas with them here. Not once since I have left home have I ever had Christmas Day at my own house... where our children could actually open and then play with the toys that they received. It was a little surreal... and a little sad... but it was actually kind of nice to have a low key day with the family. We have so few of those.
Despite the fact that our holiday season lasted well over 3 1/2 weeks... it seems that it went by so fast!! I wonder if Sara will expect a 3 1/2 week holiday next year??? She truly enjoyed the holidays - but even with all the fun and activity... there were times she would become quiet and almost melancholy. I know that she still has so many memories of Guatemala and her life there... and while we only talked about it briefly... her thoughts turned to that life many times. She spoke of it only a few times - and only when we were alone. We continue to pray for Sara and her adjustments to home. It has been only 8 months - and she has done so well!
Tim and I have been so blessed. We are blessed with wonderful families, wonderful friends - and four very precious and incredible children. God has been so good and so faithful to us... and we are forever grateful! As 2008 winds to a close... we are reminded of how much our life has changed over the past year! There have been so many blessings added - so many burdens lifted - so many prayers answered! We are thankful for each and every one... and we look forward to 2009 with great anticipation! God Bless you and yours!!
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