...Concerning Christmas 2009

It was the best of times and the worst of times. This was Mac and Vovie's year to truly embrace the magic of Christmas, yet they did so while their Mommy and Daddy were regurgitating their Holiday goodies!! I cannot describe to you the misery of lying on the office floor waiting for the next wave of nausea nor can I explain how wretched the night as the clock ticked away each precious Christmas minute. Nevertheless, in between bouts of fever and chill, moments of Christmas cheer warmed my mommy's heart...Vovie writing her daddy a get well note saying she would pray for him to get better and slipping it under the door of the office so she wouldn't disturb him...Mac walking unprompted over to his Nanny and giving her a big hug to thank her for the gift she had given him... Both of the kids tumbling out of bed with their heavy -lidded eyes and stumbling out of their room to see what Santa had left for them in their stockings...these memories and more were made even as the old flu bug tried to interfere. May the same Spirit of Christmas that allowed us to enjoy life even in the throes of illness, continue to weave It's love and peace throughout our lives in the new year.