A few days sure do make for different circumstances in life.  3 weeks ago we were on our way to New Mexico.  Yesterday I had surgery!  I’ve suffered with carpal tunnel for a long time along with the ulnar nerve in my elbow.  The surgery became more involved as he cut me open to find more tissue than previously thought.  Needless say, I’m having a good amount of pain.  I also have only my left hand to use, meaning my entries will be short.  I can’t use my arm for 10 weeks!  Then I have my left arm to do.  All this means I will not be working for quite sometime.  It’s also the holidays.  It’s not presents I’m concerned about, but the decorating, cooking for family and the yearly Open House I give for my church family.  I’m going to feel the absence of those holiday joys.  However I will have the special services to enjoy, our class party, the time with family, and the experienced rebirth that comes in special celebrations of our Lord’s birth.

With the present state of the economy, the skirt of the Christmas Tree will have much less on it.  I hope we all will take advantage of the situation and fill our needs with the love of Christ rather than the loss of the material.

God Bless,
Tracie