This week is going to be a busy one. There are class parties, Christmas Eve pageant rehearsals, homework, Girl Scouts, etc... As much as I love this time of the year, things get so busy that it so hard to keep perspective. I think I need a little break, but there is no hope for that in the near future.
Christmas is fast approaching and my list is still quite long. With all that I have to do I need to remember to find the joy in things or this wonderful season will pass by without much of a memory to look back on.
Once upon a time I felt like I had more time to shop, to bake, to watch all those great Christmas movies. These past few years I have watched myself turn into a crazy woman running around town ... spreading myself thin. The many baked goods I used to create seem a thing of the the past. I feel like I've been "talking the talk", but not "walking the walk". I need to remember that my children are watching and learning from my actions.
Yesterday began the 3rd week of ADVENT and we are asked to find the "JOY" and prepare our hearts for the coming of our Lord. So, this week I am going to try to do just that ... to pause, breathe deeply, and look each day and see all that I am grateful for. Because I am GRATEFUL!
