So...
Apparently having the flu on Christmas is just not the thing to do!
Yep, who would have thought that the flu and Christmas just don't mix!
Go figure!
And when Momma has the flu on Christmas, well then, things just don't get done...
like the traditional kids and pets Christmas picture.
You know the one, where all the kids smile perfectly, the pets behave perfectly and the picture shows, well, the "perfect" family!
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| From Christmas 2013 |
Bwhahahaha
Yeah, that picture!
Well, we are far from perfect and I think the out takes of this annual event are always my favorite part, only this year...
Momma was sick!
Darn that flu!
We did manage to grab a pic of Lizzie placing the Angel on the top of the tree...
and of our annual Reindeer food making
a few shots of Christmas morning...
the ride up to visit our NC clan...
don't ask - hehe...
and the festivities there...
always an interesting...
and sometimes little scary...
*snicker*
but always fun time!
We love going up there but don't get to visit as much as we would like to.
One of the harder parts of having 7 kids, 4 dogs and 2 crazy cats.
So, here I sit with the remnants of a yucky cough, thankful to have made it through Christmas...
and Lucy's surgery...
trying my best to keep this sweet girl comfortable
trusting that 2015 will be just as busy, just as crazy, just as full of challenges and blessings as it's predecessor was.
gulp
However, no matter how busy, how crazy and how challenging the days are...
the blessings are always there...
always ready to remind us that, many times, it is through the business, the craziness and the challenges...
that He reveals His glory to us and through us.
It is through seasons like this that His presence and His power and His grace are most evident.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18
and this is the biggest blessing of all...
"the glory which shall be revealed in us"
"in us" y'all
I try to remind myself of this on the days that are the most busy, most crazy and most challenging.
So this year, as the therapy and medical appointments are already piling up...
there will be no resolutions other than the constant reminder that it is not through my super "mom" powers that any of this gets done...
it is through His grace alone.
Are there things that I need to work on and change?
Um, YES...
but I trust that it is through the "tough" days that He is able to do His best work within my heart.
So 2015...
bring it on!
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