The plan was to put up Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving... but life is complicated. A few days before Christmas I figured we wouldn't have a Christmas tree and would try to at least have a clean area for Christmas. I hired a wonderful friend for a few days to come help with Hannah, so I could focus on cleaning and errands. I only did errands and that took all my time. Part of the errands were picking up Christmas presents and delivering cookies as thank you's to the families who come every week to help me with Joyli's therapies and treatments. As I delivered the cookies I saw their beautiful Christmas tree's in their windows. A twinge of selfish sadness was there every time I saw one. There are people who didn't get to see loved ones this Christmas for various reasons and I'm whining about a dumb Christmas tree. I know, I'm selfish. When I came home Christmas eve from errands I discovered that my beyond amazing, fantastic, wonderful, husband took it upon himself to clean EVERYTHING! He made it look beautiful! Not only that but he had set up the Christmas tree!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost burst into tears! Hannah and I decorated the tree together with the lights and decorations that "pa pa" and grandma had. And daddy got to put the star on top (a star ornament that my visiting teacher happened to give me.)
To further demonstrate how special this Christmas tree was: Hannah had been asking for a pillow pet for at least 6 months. And finally on Christmas she opened up her very own bumble bee pillow pet! Finally the toy she had been asking for for over half a year! The next day at church several adults asked Hannah how her Christmas went, they asked her what presents she got. I thought she would tell them all about her pillow pet or princess table, or her new dolly. But she never said a word about any of those things to anybody. She very excitedly told every person only one thing "I have a Christmas tree in my basement!!!!!!"
We were very blessed this Christmas. The Lord has been very kind to us to bless us with such amazing, kind, charitable parents and family. Thank you to them. We wouldn't have made it without you.
I would like to thank everybody who had family serving their country and sacrificed this Christmas without those loved ones. Thank you for your sacrifice. May the Lord bless you.
2 comments:
Glad to hear that you had a good Christmas! You guys deserve it!!!
That's so sweet!
Post a Comment