Whew, it's almost Christmas

I managed to get almost all of the house tidied up for Christmas. 

All the gifts are done that need to be done by Christmas. 

Today had some real ups and downs.

Sigh. Life, it really catches you off guard sometimes!

Well, hoping I get a good sleep tonight,

I am still tired from the last few weeks, to say the least.

I am really hoping for some good rest and am so relieved that I got 

most of the house cleaned up now, as it will be easier to keep it up this way.

Dear friends of mine are grieving their father/grandfather and they are 

very much on my mind... esp. as it's right before Christmas for many of them

or Theophany for others.  

Anyway, life is not easy at times and we have some times of peace and then times

of suffering or grief.

Well, we are really REALLY hoping the unbloggable struggle is going to real

shift and change into something much better... 

 Praying that Christ will have mercy on us all,

esp those who are going through a tough time right now.

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Oh, almost forgot, found this and enjoyed it today!