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I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned, and cuddled my two children on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor, sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground and figured out how to attach nine patches onto my daughter's girl scout sash with staples and a glue gun. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases since I had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18............

Monday December 8

Dear Santa, Love Mom

Well Christmas time is here once again, I’ve put the tree up as I do each year, and your stocking has been hung with care. Oh yes Christmas is in the air, but this year is different for you’ve grown up and taken a wife, you’ve started your grown up life. As I go through the Christmas decorations I see the ones you make when you were my little boy. Oh how my heart swelled with pride joy and love when you brought these trinkets home saying “I made this just for you and of course your new Christmas ornament went right on the........

Wednesday December 10

A Letter To My Son

Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon, who always prayed,Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side.' After hearing him pray that prayer many times,someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently. He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this...I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time, it's withstood a lot of weather, it's gone through a lot of storms,

and it's stood for many years. It's still Standing, but one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit. So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall..........

We won't have a Christmas this year, you say

For now the children have all gone away;

And the house is so lonely, so quiet and so bare

We couldn’t have a Christmas that they didn’t share. We won’t have a Christmas this year, you sigh, For Christmas means things that money must buy. Misfortunes and illness have robbed us we fear Of the things that we’d need to make Christmas this year. We won't have a Christmas this year you weep,For a loved one is gone, and our grief is too deep; It will be a long time before our harts heal, And the spirit of Christmas.......

Friday December 12

No Christmas This Year

Monday January 5

Lord, Prop Us Up

Thursday December 11

Ruth And The Visitor

Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter:

I`m going to be in your neighborhood Saturday afternoon and I'd like to stop by for a visit.

Love Always, Jesus"

Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the table. "Why would the Lord want to visit me? I'm nobody special. I don't have anything.......

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And have a great and blessed day!

Thursday December 18

A Christmas Letter

It has come to my attention that some of you are upset that slowly but surely, people are taking My Name out of the season.

How I personally feel about this celebration of My birthday can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. If you want to celebrate My birth this Christmas, the best gift for me will be that you all get along with each other.

Now, having said that, let Me go on. If it concerns you that many of the towns in the country where you live don’t allow the display of scenes........

Tuesday January 6

Always Watching

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. And he was given a slingshot to play

with out in the woods. He practiced, but he could never hit the target. So, getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma’s pet duck. Just out of impulse, he let the fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching. Sally had seen it all,but she said nothing. After lunch that day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes." But Sally said.........

I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below with tiny light, like Heavens, reflecting on the snow. The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away the tear,

For I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear.But the sounds of music can't compare with the Christmas Choir up here. I have no words to tell you, the joy the voices bring,For it is beyond description, to hear the angels sing. I know how much you miss me, I see the pain inside your heart. But I am not so far away, We really aren't apart..........

Tuesday December 9

My First Christmas In Heaven

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE...........

Wednesday January 7

It is spring in South Africa and I was working in my garden. I noticed that a little dove had fallen from its nest and into our swimming pool. The bird was still alive, but only just. It had been in the pool a long time. Its feet were stiff from the cold and its little neck just hung limp. I took it out of the pool not really knowing what to do. Instinct jumped in. I wrapped the bird in a towel and blew softly into the towel to warm it up. A couple of hours later, the little bird made a full recovery. As I was sitting and looking at this bird, I realized that when I found it in the pool, it was just floating. Had the little bird spluttered and flapped, it would have tired..........

Friday December 19

T'was The Night Before Christmas