Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you had a blessed holiday with family, celebrating the birth of our Savior. 
Christmas is my favorite holiday! I love the lights, the music, the food, getting together with family, and of course, gift giving (and receiving).
This week, I thought I would do something different and share a few of my favorite things about our celebrations this year.
1. Having my kids home for Christmas break! It's always wonderful to have everyone under the same roof again. They're both adults now, as they like to remind me, but they will always be my kiddos.
2. Our tree - we cut her down on Thanksgiving Day at Heath's parent's house. She’s perfect, and her name is Priscilla! We started naming our tree the year Jon died, and it’s been a tradition ever since. This year we named her Priscilla after my grandmother who passed away on Valentine’s Day.
3. My side of the family did Christmas early this year, and we decided to do a Cowboy Christmas, complete with a costume contest. There was pulled pork for dinner, a Yankee Swap and lots of laughter. It was so fun and silly, and we all loved it.
4. We did our traditional breakfast for dinner with the Bailey crew on Christmas Day before opening gifts, with Heath being the lead chef - bacon, venison sausage, home fries, waffles and scrambled eggs. It was delicious! And then played our new game, "Cascadia".
I hope your celebrations were filled with joy and family.
Or perhaps you are struggling this year, and your Christmas wasn't joyful. Please don't hesitate to reach out. I have been where you are and understand the challenge of the holidays after profound loss. Rest in Jesus. He knows what you are feeling because He has experienced it. Cling to the hope that you will be OK, even though it doesn't feel like it right now.
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