It came without Ribbons...

It came without tags. it came without packages, boxes or bags. I love that part of Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. It has been an interesting year for us. so 'interesting' that I didn't get a chance to write a newsletter or mail cards. I have had a hard time getting in a holiday mood. But it hit me in special ways this year. I have felt the love and peace of good friends. They are numerous. I work with many good friends. I worship with even more. I live with a household (although some of the members are at 'satellite' locations) of very celestial friends. today, I am spending the day with two of my beautiful grand daughters. We have been shopping and had some fine dining...Chick-Fil-ay.(Can't spell it!) I feel how blessed I am. Do each of the special people that surround me know how full my heart feels when I think of them? Do they know that even if I was a billionaire, I couldn't spend enough on them to bestow a gift that is worthy of them? Do they know that I know the Savior lives? I do know that. He is constantly by my side. Sometimes, my choices mask His presence from my feelings, but when I pray and invite Him into my life, He is right beside me. I am grateful for the humble, silent sacred events of that first Christmas night. Can you feel the peace that must have been thick in that stable? I wish I could remember the angel's song. I hope I got to help sing it. I would experience anything that the Savior asked of me. Haven't I been blessed that all He asks of me is to love all around me? I have discovered that there is no one that I have truly tried to become acquainted with that I haven't been able to love. Maybe someday I will be worthy of some of the gifts He gave me.
Merry Christmas to All
And to all a great weekend