Perspective

Good Monday Morning!! The first day of Winter, and it is COLD and foggy here. It feels like winter, for sure. I hope everyone is ready for Christmas this Friday. It sure comes fast, doesn't it?
I finished this door hanging. I decided to show it before it was time to take it down. :)

I stitched this last year and forgot about it. I added the borders this year. Kind of cute.

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I have been thinking. You know, sometimes Christmas can lend itself to us getting caught up in the shopping, worries, expenses, and stresses of the season. We had an experience lately, that helped to me reevaluate my perspective. Jessica has a friend, whom I believe I've mentioned before. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 7th grade and has fought valiantly to beat it. Thursday night, the tumor, and now cancer throughout his body won, and he passed away. Surrounded by loved ones and in peace. The thoughts of the season... really should focus on family, spending quality time with those whom we love, and finding the true meaning of peace and comfort only offered through the one whose birth we celebrate, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Shopping, gifts, stress, wrapping, and parties really don't matter. It is the relationships we develop with those we love that make the season meaningful and memorable. I hope we can step back and evaluate what we place as important this Christmas and always. We never know when someone we love and care about will not be with us.

Be Nice to People,

Julie