Louder Than the Voices

Happy Saturday before Christmas!     It always amazes me how fast this season goes. And as a child, it seemed to take forever for Christmas break, and Christmas day to get here. A friend of mine, Kim Buettemeyer explained one time that when we are a child, say, 5 years old, Christmas has happened 5 times in our lives, and there is a big likeliness that we didn't remember the first 2 so, it is something that seems almost once in a lifetimeish. By the time we have had 58 of them in our lives, it feels like it gets here before we know it.  I am so, so, excited about Christmas this year, my sis is coming home and she hasn't gotten to do that for a couple of years. My sister and I are opposites in so many ways, but I love her and miss her so much and we just don't communicate as well as we should. I am going to work on that again next year.  Robert is also leaving his job at Belle Tire this week. He moves his tools a week from today and then starts a new job at Charleston...

 Good morning! Happy Saturday. This week has been LOOOONNNGGG! I can't believe it has only been a week since I wrote my last blog post.  I wrote a blog post in 2016 that is truly one of two of my most read posts. I know this Christmas hits different for a lot of people this year. I have friends living without loved ones and other friends who feel this may be their last Christmas as the family they are now. Since none of us know tomorrow, this could be the last Christmas any of our families look like they do right now.  I have not hurt this bad at Christmas time for several years. Thanksgiving day, it hit me that one of my little traditions was usually a little text session between Cathy, Carol and myself, just wishing each other a Happy Thanksgiving. Last year, Cathy had been having some issues that you had to laugh or cry about and so we were joking around about it. This year, Carol and I talked on Thanksgiving, but we didn't send the normal "Happy Thanksgiving" roun...

 What a long week! It has been a good one though. We had our Christmas Revival at church and though I hate that I believe the cold whether kept many away, and I even had some work stuff that kept me away one night, I believe it better prepared our hearts for the celebration of Christ's birth. Today Andrew and I are celebrating our 34th Wedding anniversary, I joked around that yesterday we celebrated the 34th anniversary of being engaged. Yes, I was officially engaged for about 15 hours before we were married. We have big plans, we are heading to St. Louis today and then tomorrow morning, at 7:15, Andrew is going to cheer me on running the Hot Chocolate 5K. Then, we are planning on going to a church that I met the Pastor and his wife on a flight to Seattle. Life is definitely an adventure. Today, I wanted to continue my Christmas journey and I want to spend one more week in the Old Testament. We sing songs about Christ's birth being "foretold", I thought we would look ...