Thursday, December 01, 2005

Angel Tree

I love Christmas. As the song goes, "It's the most wonderful time of the year" I could just sing along with it.

This Christmas year is not going to be one of my favorite years. First of all I don't feel good. This pregnancy is kicking my butt. I ache all the time, restless at night, but don't get me wrong b/c I am happy to still be pregnant and carrying two boys. We're also crammed into this apartment. I really only have room to put up a tree and no other decorations. I miss my fireplace to hang my stockings on. I also miss my friends I moved away from. The band I play in at church is performing several times this season and I'm going to miss out this year mainly b/c the traveling back and forth wears me out and I'm also just too miserable to stand for a period of time and blow air into my flute. I also wish it was closer to having Madelyn home with us.

However, despite all of this, I hope I have made another kid happy this year. I missed the drop-off time for Operation Christmas Child that I usually participate in, so instead I chose an Angel off the mall Angel Tree. This year Logan and I took a name of a little boy 4 months old named Paco. I wrapped a box and filled it with some baby bath toys, shirt, gloves, and some books. It's not much but at least this will help the family out a little more this Christmas.

I want to continue the tradition with all my kids next year and years to come to either fill a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child or pull an Angel from the tree or maybe even both. Some children are not as fortunate as they are (or will be). We're not filthy rich but we can provide for our children and I hope they grow up understanding how lucky they are and be willing to help others that are not.

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