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 Oh Christmas treee oh Christmas treee How lovely are your branches!!!

 there is a hering in this photo

 love the color contrast

yet again

Christmas and Why I love it

So when I write in my blog, I try to reflect on things. I would like to think about why I love Christmas so much.

There is just so much about it that is so beautiful and special. Lights, trees, decorations, mistletoe, snow.... Christmas movies. I just love how it feels to just be happy or joyous because it is Christmas. I know I could feel that way all year round, but I don't always. Family and friends coming together, awesome food. Just the fact that this one time of year people sing songs of a savior being born, and don't even realize the power in the lyrics. (and by that I mean they don't always know Jesus or the reason for the season) I hope that Christmas "spirit" can stay all year through!

There are certain songs I particularly love.
The ALABAMA Christmas album; I love this CD because my mom would always play it while we were decorating the Christmas tree. We always waited to put up an decorate our tree until Christmas eve! It was always so special!! and so Magical!!

With my dance class we would learn Christmas songs to dance to and a lot of times we would go and dance in Nursing homes in New Jersey for the holidays (I took dance lessons in New Jersey) We did some awesome dances.
I have to work Christmas this year, but it won't make me a Scrooge!

feel free to tell me why you love Christmas, or even if you don't you can tell me.

Day 3

Today is day 3 of 4 days off.... IT has been splendid. I keep feeling like it should be Sunday and it was Friday! now of course it is Saturday and I still have a day off... YES! Today We are gonna get a Christmas tree! I am pretty excited. I need to clean my house though, that is what I am going to do when I am finished with my coffee so that I can enjoy decorating my tree tonight.

I found cute boots guys! (they were not my ideal boot choice but I love them all the same!) It was a reward to self for passing my test! IT really feels good to not study and enjoy life! I loved learning everything though, no regrets!

I am sitting near my wood stove and it is wonderful. Paul is watching the MAN UTD vs. BLACKB'N. I am playing on the indoor soccer team this year! pretty excited! (I am out of shape, yikes)

Today is a wonderful day to get a tree, crisp, clear, chilly!!

Peace to you.

tired

I am so tired.
taking my test soon! prayers appreciated!

yep

on the slippery slope

So taking care of people is what I love to do, and when I take care of them it is to get them better even if it is only one day better then the rest. So there is this gentle man who is older I would say about 80's Kind man, so easy going, I took care of him over the weekend (Halloween weekend) and well he made himself a trip to the ICU due to respiratory compromise. (He went to the ICU sometime during the week) His wife is sooo sweet, and his family in general so kind. I went in today to say hello before I left, because I heard they made him a DNR#3 which is where they only provide comfort measures and give morphine and such. well he was a different man asleep probably to never wake up. I more likely said good bye then hello to him and his family. His breaths were shallow, like a wave coming to shore then quickly back out to sea. Pretty soon there will be no more waves. I gave his wife and daughter a hug told them to take care of themselves....
Dear Jesus,
Please be with this family, be there comfort, help them to see your kindness in the midst of tragedy. Bethe amazing, loving God you are, be that to them.
amen.

not only was my day ridiculously insane but I ended it saying goodbye.

Seeing his wife with teary eyes almost made me start crying. My heart aches for them.

Peace to you

Hope

There is just something about feeling hopeful. There is joy, peace, love. I am hoping to pass my PCCN exam soon. I am just Hopeful. I hope for so much and don't always realize that I do. (Hope that is.)
In 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 is states "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." skip to vs 13 "And now these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." That is pure hope. I hope that I love like this. Maybe one of these days I will write a song about this verse. Not that I have written many songs. Writing a song has been one thing I have always wanted to do, and have practiced, but I have never been told how to. I think I must have like 10 floating around, pretty much just a hearts cry to how I feel and how I feel towards Jesus and how he amazingly loves me. maybe I will look for one and write it down.

I am thankful for this daylight that has been saved today. I have studied for a couple hours now, and maybe will do a little more then relax.

Peace to you.