A candle lit...O Come, O Come Emmanuel...Isaiah 9... hot oatmeal in bowls...cheerios in hand and on the floor...
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A little more about me
I am....
wife of Dennis, my sweet love - the kindest, gentlest, funniest, smartest man I've ever known and EXACTLY the man for whom I prayed (and not at all who I thought I wanted but thankfully, God is wiser than I);
mother of Annalivia '05, Daniel '07, Emmeliese '09, Peter '10, and Elora (born into the arms of Jesus '13) the hearts of my own heart, joys of my life, far more than I ever prayed for because my mind could never conceive of such wonderfully intricate and delightful little beings;
granddaughter of grandparents who taught me to love fiercely and forgive freely and that it is better to be respectful rather than proved right and grateful rather than gratified;
daughter of two amazing people who have devoted themselves to their children and family and have continued to figure out ways to love each other;
sister of three incredibly intelligent, clever, imaginative, zany younger sisters, my best friends, who are crazy enough to keep coming back, even though I do all sorts of things to drive them nuts;
friend of some hilarious people from kindergarten, grade school, high school, college, seminary and beyond;
former pastor learning the joys and challenges of being called to be home full-time-ish while volunteer-teaching at a teeny classical school;
pilgrim bumbling forward on this amazingly glorious journey towards Home.
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1 comment:
April, this is lovely. Isn't the sun coming through the windows in the morning simply wonderful. And the way you captured your children and your advent wreath - very nice.
I'm not sure if I thanked you yet for your comment on FIMBY. I really appreciated it. Want to know how relaxed/lazy I am this year? I'm not even getting out the advent candles. Our wooden advent "wreath" (it was actually shaped in an x) died that year when the beeswax candles I made melted alllll over it. I was really bummed. We burned the wood this summer in our outdoor fire pit and we have yet to replace it. I wasn't going to stress out running around trying to pull that one together. Funny, no one has missed it. Maybe it was only meaningful to me. See? I am letting it go this season. And I'm more relaxed this year than I have ever been.
Good grief this comment was not supposed to be about me, sorry about that. What I wanted to say was nice photo, your old house sounds intriguing, and thanks for visiting oh... and Merry Christmas.
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