A Hospital Christmas

The other night Em informed us she wanted alone time with her brother...Jason pulled the curtains, she hopped up in bed with him and she drew pictures while he "watched" Baby Einstein. She's the best big sister in the whole wide world!

Today I was sitting on my bathroom floor bawling...Em came in and said, "I didn't realize you were crying, Mom!" I informed her I had just started...anyway, I asked her what she thought if Noah went to heaven to see Jesus. She said it would be okay. Later, though, she got kind of mad about it in the car and said, "No! I want to marry my brother! I can't if he's in heaven!" I told her she couldn't marry him any way, how God has some rules about marrying our siblings, but how their love was different, one that could never be taken away or conditional, regardless of where we live...

Anyway, it's the dawn of Christmas Eve and we are looking forward to celebrating the birth of Christ as a family. Thank you ALL for blessing us with a wonderful Christmas this year! We are humbled by the outpouring of cards, gifts, meals, visits, etc. We pray this Christmas would be meaningful and rich for you, too, and the people around you. If you celebrate Christmas for the True meaning, I have no doubt it will be a beautiful, life-altering experience. We pray for God's PEACE to fill your hearts and minds with the Joy and Life He freely gives. Eternal life is a free gift through Jesus Christ, the very first Christmas present to anyone who would believe...

You know, "people" are "buying" stars and naming them after themselves or someone they know (by the way, WHO is selling them and making the profits???)...God just went ahead and put the biggest one in the sky the night Jesus was born, and wise men still follow Him...