(136) A little about these early Christmas January days

Christmas Day was beautiful. 

I will write more about how blessed we are later.

I was hit again, when we came home from Christmas day,

with our luggage (we had a hotel so we could go to all the services

without the long drive to our far-away church), a few groceries and 

some really thoughtful gifts,

and, like every Christmas before, I expected to see my Cleo Cat.

Only to remember she is gone.

So for that, and a few other things that are heavy on my heart

right now, this was a season that was harder for me than some.

But the wonderful thing is that God is with us

when we are going through sorrows.
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I am really tired and I have a dinner party tomorrow
so I am going to post this and work on that.
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I am dealing with some heart-heavy stuff that I can't write about
and that will ultimately be OK but has to be gone through.
We all have things like this, I know.
Welcoming prayers though!
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Asking prayers still for L - she is still on oxygen at times and
progress is slow and I know she is suffering.
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God is with us and Christmas reminds us of His love
and how He came to live with us and save us
and that He came nearly unannounced to be with us in our pain
and to save us, to comfort us, to guide us...