Christmas is almost here! This is my absolute favorite time of year. Of course, things have been very different this year. Our tree was up before Halloween at Kayleigh’s request which has given us a great deal of time to enjoy it.
I usually go all out decorating the inside of the house but this year my heart wasn’t in the decorating. Honestly, I didn’t want to get anything out from previous years at all. I just felt like the memories might be too difficult. But thanks to Hobby Lobby, and their 1/2 off Christmas decor, I have 5 new stockings and stocking holders. And yes, I did buy five. I know we are a family of four physically, but Kayleigh will always be in our hearts and I just feel even though she isn’t here, she belongs on the mantle with the rest of us. So, I have my tree, new stockings, and voilà… that’s plenty of Christmas for this year.
And guess what? This has still been a wonderful, beautiful Christmas season! Our house has still been filled with laughter, friends, Christmas music (my favorite thing EVER), crafts, family, and most importantly, love. Maybe next year I will feel like opening the old boxes of Christmas decorations, and then again, maybe not. Only time will tell. What I do know, is that God continues to hold us in the palm of His hand. He continues to bless us with His presence, and bless our choice to trust Him in all things.
I also know that this is still my favorite time of year. Yes, the bereft feeling of missing Kayleigh is still there, but so is the joy of the season. Thank you Lord for being willing to come to this earth as a child. Thank you for your sacrifice, on my behalf, that grants me access to you. Thank you for eternal life – that I can look at my pictures of sweet Kayleigh and say with complete certainty – I will see you again. And when I see her again, all will be perfect and we will never be separated again. What beautiful promises.
1 John 5:13
13 I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.
John 17:3
3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
John 10:28-30
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
Until tomorrow,
‘Carrow💜
This is a throw back to 4 years ago when we had our own nativity
