My dear blogging friends, I probably won't be posting again now before Christmas, so I just wanted to drop by to wish each and everyone of you a very happy, peaceful and blessed Christmas.
It has been another year of wonderful friendship here in bloggyland, and for that I am truly grateful. I know that people who don't actually blog themselves, sometimes find it difficult to understand just what friendships are made here. To me, I count all of you a real blessing.
I feel that I know you and your families personally. I know when you are happy, I know when you are sad. I know when you have things to celebrate. I know when you are feeling 'down'. I know when the miracle of new babies arrive in your families, and all the other family celebrations that occur throughout each year.
Just imagine if we all met up - how wonderful would that be?! There would be so much chatter, so much laughter, and I know that it would be just as if we'd known each other for ever!
There have been lots of celebrations this year, especially in my own country, but we all know that there have been the most terrible tragedies as well, and I shall light a candle for all those lost souls at Christmas. BUT - we MUST look for the light, and look for the good. If we do not do this, how on earth would we be able to carry on.
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| Happy Christmas To You All.
Hubby and I, along with my youngest daughter, her husband, and Eli and Ruby will be leaving early tomorrow morning for our drive to France. (Well, actually, daughter and family will be leaving later today, as they prefer to travel through the night , as the children will be able to sleep). We will be returning on the 27th. If any of you are travelling during the next few days, I wish you a safe journey.
I am getting quite excited now I must admit. Christmas is always a special time of year, but having young children around makes it all the more magical.
"Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed, that it might live forevermore To fill our every need, That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you." - Anne Schulz.
"Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most." - Ruth Carter Stapleton.
"My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?" - Bob Hope.
"The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas" - W C Jones.
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." - Calvin Coolidge.
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