Time to Think ...

As I sit here with no noise except for the sound of a Christmas choir special on TV in the background, I can't help but actually take a moment to think. I thought about getting my laptop out and getting my short job from Monday afternoon done and turned in, but I think I'm going to call it quits. It is, after all, Christmas Eve ... we've been to church, been to Grandma & Grandpa Harms's house for supper and their gifts to all, got home just in time for Jordan to completely crash out cold in exhaustion, got Meggan to bed by 10:00, and "Santa" has already been here and eaten almost all of his 2 cookies that the "kids" left for him (Meggan signed both of their names for him). And now I sit here with everyone else fast asleep just thinking, and I just feel the urge to put my thoughts into words. I don't usually do this, but here I go ...

Christmas is such a special time of year, a time when we all make an extra effort to get where we want to be and see who we want to see, and it brings everyone together and makes everyone happy! I just wish it wasn't because of the presents and was really because of the reason for CHRISTmas. I pray that one day we can re-guide and focus Meggan's thought process and teach her the real meaning of Christmas and that it isn't about "getting" everything we want but is about appreciating everything we already have. I'm just as guilty, I'm sure, as the next one about getting wrapped up in the "stuff" at Christmastime, but this year it's hitting me kind of hard. Maybe because the kids are getting older or maybe because I read other people's thoughts in their blogs or maybe because He is focusing MY thought process. Whatever the reason, it is touching my heart tonight ...

Merry CHRISTmas Eve (almost CHRISTmas Day)!