- You get up in the morning thinking you have to run a bazillion errands with your mom and big sister.
- Your grandmother calls and invites you and your friend-niece to a Christmas lunch.
- You pick out a beautiful Christmas-y outfit to wear.
- You count the minutes until time to pick up your friend-niece (who has also chosen a beautiful Christmas-y outfit to wear).
- You arrive at Gammy's Christmas-y house!
- You notice that Gammy has also chosen a beautiful Christmas-y outfit, and you all have a very girl-y picture taken by the Christmas tree.
- You and your friend-niece stare at the skaters on the pond in the Christmas village.
- Your mom and sister leave to run the bazillion errands without you. Yippee!
- You play tiddly-winks.
- You eat a yummy lunch of grilled cheese sandwiches, pickles, and peppery potato chips, with fruit and snickerdoodles for dessert...all while sharing family stories and laughs.
- You play with Gammy's ceramic bunnies and make up stories about them.
- You watch an old Anne Murray Christmas special that Gammy loves, and ooh and ahh over the skater.
- Your mom and sister arrive (so soon?!) to pick you up.
- You leave with lovely party favors and special Christmas memories!
As the name of my blog indicates, I spend a lot of time thinking about home. Of course, my Heavenly Home is the one that is eternal, so that’s where I need to lay up my treasures, and that’s the one I’m striving for. But in the meantime, I have been given this tiny piece of the here-and-now—this home on the edge of town, this family, this neighborhood—in which to serve Him. And, though this is in the earthly realm, I want the things that happen here to be investments in the Heavenly realm.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
How to Have a Delightful Day!
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Maddie arrived home on cloud 9!
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