Good Monday morning!  We only have this week and a few days next, until the big day will come and be gone for another year.  The hype this year hasn't seemed as bad to me.  Oh, don't get me wrong, the TV commercials are running wild, but for my neighborhood, it doesn't seem folks are decorating as much, and a lot of the get-togethers are scaled down.  Time with family, less money spent, and celebrating His birth are the important things anyway.

Yesterday morning at church, the children, ages 4 through 4th grade, had their program for us and it was delightful.  Some of the older children actually sang the tunes, but the 'wee' ones tend to scream the words....lol   But cute none-the-less. Our Pastor's wife taught our class.  There is a woman who has a daughter and they both dress for the seasons.  The daughter is 50 years old, but has the mind of a 5 year old.  She is the sweetest person, loves to hug and laugh and is never a problem at all...we love Kim.  I asked if I could take their picture and Kim was excited to say YES!

 Kim loves to color and our teacher has always had a coloring book and crayons on hand for her.  She is throwing me a kiss in the picture as I took it.  I said all that to say, she is our special blessing.

Latest card from Postcrossing is appropriate for the season....from Germany.

Update on Jim....didn't cough most of the day yesterday, but by 8:00, he said he was worse and didn't know what to do.  I told him we could call the doctor first thing this morning, or I could take him to the ER and he chose to wait.  I listened to his breath sounds all night and he didn't cough, so praying he is some better this morning when he wakes up...sure want him to feel better for Christmas and the Saturday after, when we have breakfast for our family.

ADVICE OF THE DAY:

The pure and simple truth 

is rarely pure and never simple!