Tonight we sat around the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, the children in their new Christmas p.j' s and the fire crackling in the fireplace. The children were antsy with excitement, it is Christmas Eve after all. We had a full day of playing games and baking cookies, including the peanut butter balls recipe my husband's mother passed to us. Our tummys we're stuffed, the dishes we're done and lovingly we gathered together in their family room while my son read the Christmas story from the New Testament, just as his father did when my son was a child, and just as his grandfather's did when hubby and I were children. My heart was full, my eyes brimmed with tears threatening to spill as I watched my child lead his young family in some of the same activities that we did with him and his siblings. He is a man now with little ones of his own. All of our children are grown and tonight they all sit with their families carrying on many of the same traditions. We are not with them physically, but we are with them in spirit and love. I am proud and I am blessed!
Merry Christmas!
Family traditions, especially those associated with Christmas are very special. When our children and even grandchildren continue with those traditions, it really makes us proud.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope you had as wonderful a Christmas as I did with family. As Christmas winds down, I'll still wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Hugs, Dan