Great Surprise

Christmas has come and gone at our new home; a month ago I couldn't even picture where I was going to put my Christmas tree and now it's almost time to take it down. The tree ended up standing stoic and proud in our dining room just close enough to the window to reflect the lights. This morning I felt a bit of nostalgia while I was finishing up the daily chores that I used to accomplish in our old home; it's a weird feeling. I'm not even sure it was nostalgia as much as it was, "I would never have guessed where I'd be a year ago," or "Look where we're at....didn't see this coming," or "It's not near as bad as I made myself believe this extraordinary move to be." This is the first Christmas in a long time that I've opened up the blinds to the sliding glass door and been in awe of the snow crystals gleaming and glistening under the clear bright, bright, brighter blue than the city will ever see, sky. We were also blessed with a Christmas surprise of Chelsea and Danielle making there way up here on the 26th to give their father the gift he really wanted and to make him cry, of course. That's all he really wanted for Christmas and while we have enjoyed being back with friends and family, we have also missed friends and family this Christmas...all my husband wanted was to be with his girls even though we knew it probably wouldn't happen this year...so what a great gift to him from his beautiful daughters. The best gift they could have given him. So while another Christmas is gone, I'd like to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's from our new corner of the world to yours with many blessings to come. ~