well Christmas Day has nearly ended but as I reminded Dan who felt a little,sad at bedtime, Christmas is 12 days and this is just the beginning!
Today has been very different,mImwas cooked breakfast without having to rush out, Daniel was able to take time opening his pressies and enjoy each one. We were able to head over to mum and dads and greet them at the cathedral as they finished their service ( Dan in full Indiana Jones costume including whip!!!). We had a relaxed buffet style lunch including Spanish tapas starters and again took time opening pressies and just enjoying each other's company.
It has also been different though because dear friends and family haven't had such a great day, one of my best friends grab was rushed to hospital this morning following a stroke, my uncles wife Is awaiting an operation tomorrow morning following a collapsed lung leaving my 12 year old cousin without his mum and my sister in law has spent Christmas Day bailing out her kitchen which again has been flooded in Lancaster!
Today again has made me really grateful for life, for the wonderful family I'm blessed with with all our quirks....for the dear friends who have texted and taken time out to wish us a Merry Christmas and for a faith and hope in something that is much greater than any physical present I could have been brought ...
Tonight I shall be praying for those who are poorly, those flooded and those lonely....Merry Christmas wonderful wonderful people xxx
Friday 25 December 2015
Wednesday 23 December 2015
Christmas with a difference
for the first time in our married life I have failed to write a Christmas newsletter in a year when time has been on my side! The reason has been that a) social media is such that the world and his dog know exactly what's been happening to us over this year and secondly many friends have had a really rough year and it can be hard to tactfully tell people news knowing they are in pain.
So an alternative newsletter would say this year has been hard work to start working and being pregnant was a struggle and although I remained healthy I struggled near the end to maintain the pace. The second half of the year was a mix of pure blessing and pure exhaustion, forgetting the wonder and awe a new life brings as well as forgetting the agony of sleep depravation!
The year has though been amazing in bringing new friends into our life and having the opportunity to spend more precious time with old friends due to being on maternity leave. Just having the time to sit and have a coffee, go to the cinema (nebiews baby safe of course!) or popping out for lunch has truly been a blessing.
As another Christmas hits us square on I'm in a strange place, tomorrow I shall do Upnor crib and that will be it for my Christmas services, last week I had the real joy of leading Dan s school Christingles and carol service which was amazing ( I so would love to be a school chaplain!!!) but tomorrow evening and Christmas morning for one time only I get to be a mummy, to put my boys to bed, to wake up and to spend quality time lounging around in our p j s enjoying the gifts that I'm sure will come for we have been very good!!! Though I am looking forward to this I shall miss the midnight service (Marc is going to Hoo in my place as usually he's left at home!) and will miss the mad rush of Christmas morning services for though the pressies will be lovely the true reason for the gifts is the birth of JC. I'm not sure what we will do Christmas morning but the family have asked if we can have "Jesus bread " at home together so that's what we will do.
Next year contains a lot of uncertainty for us and our future but we hope and pray that it will be a year of blessing of peace and some more sleep would be nice!
Merry Christmas lovely friends and family xxxx
So an alternative newsletter would say this year has been hard work to start working and being pregnant was a struggle and although I remained healthy I struggled near the end to maintain the pace. The second half of the year was a mix of pure blessing and pure exhaustion, forgetting the wonder and awe a new life brings as well as forgetting the agony of sleep depravation!
The year has though been amazing in bringing new friends into our life and having the opportunity to spend more precious time with old friends due to being on maternity leave. Just having the time to sit and have a coffee, go to the cinema (nebiews baby safe of course!) or popping out for lunch has truly been a blessing.
As another Christmas hits us square on I'm in a strange place, tomorrow I shall do Upnor crib and that will be it for my Christmas services, last week I had the real joy of leading Dan s school Christingles and carol service which was amazing ( I so would love to be a school chaplain!!!) but tomorrow evening and Christmas morning for one time only I get to be a mummy, to put my boys to bed, to wake up and to spend quality time lounging around in our p j s enjoying the gifts that I'm sure will come for we have been very good!!! Though I am looking forward to this I shall miss the midnight service (Marc is going to Hoo in my place as usually he's left at home!) and will miss the mad rush of Christmas morning services for though the pressies will be lovely the true reason for the gifts is the birth of JC. I'm not sure what we will do Christmas morning but the family have asked if we can have "Jesus bread " at home together so that's what we will do.
Next year contains a lot of uncertainty for us and our future but we hope and pray that it will be a year of blessing of peace and some more sleep would be nice!
Merry Christmas lovely friends and family xxxx
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