God rest you merry Gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember Christ our Saviour,
Was born on Christmas-day;
To save our souls from Satan's power,
Which long time had gone astray:
This brings Tidings of Comfort and Joy.
The Christmas season stirs up reminders of our blessings and reminders of our losses. I, too am grateful for the strength of Jackie. Sometimes seeming superhuman, in the pinch. God seems to have given her the right adrenaline for the real struggle times we go through. When Dad passed away, she sensed that I couldn't cry and that it was still unreal to me. When she drove me home she played, Yolanda Adams "This too shall pass". I cried like a baby. She was able to take the little sister role and comfort me in both of our weekest moments together. That is a basketball move that I will never forget. I was expecting and in the weakest condition and she stabbed me in just the right place for the cry to come out in the right way and place. It was as though she said you know you are not going to be able to really weep when you go in the house, better do it here. We cried until the cry couldn't come out any more and then we went on to the next moments of life.
I am glad for the comforts and joys of the memories of riding around on this planet for a while with dear people. There always seems some sort of damper on the joys and some sort of comforts in the griefs, these are the gifts of God to us. The hugs and the kisses of today are all that we really own.
Love to you!
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Thank you for that! Emotions can be like that. Even in the face of logic they are a force to be reckoned with. That is a strength that is admirable. Thank you for your prayers and your power of words. You brush off a familiar lyric and illuminate the meaning so well Thanks Jayne !
Recipe for comfort:I juiced 2 pears, 1 piece of brocoli, 1 carrot and about 10 leaves of spinach, in my blender with 1/2cup of water I mixed it in my sugar free jello and low fat 1 cup of each yogurt combo and it was exquisite. There is nothing in the store that you can match it to. I hope it makes you feel nutrified. Sleep also helps. :(
Nutrified or Nutifried!!! or Putrified LOL it sounds mixy and lumpy and well YUCKY!!!! and is making me giggle but thanks too I will try it one day :X (LOL)
Nutrified or putrified? Well, it doesn't look good, but it tastes delicious. I know you need some nutrition when you are crying. So I ate the whole bowl for you.:)
No lumps because of my new EZbake Oster, I got for Christmas, Just what I always wanted! :)
It was green and initially it was lumpy and gross and I resisted the desire to throw some okra in it to gross everybody out. Nobody touched it, but Ezra and me. That is how you have to secure things in this house. It looks yucky, but its mine!
hey guys great to send some love to you both
keep the post coming even if i dont write makes me feel like im there
xoxox
Classically funny ! Hey Did you really get a Oster food processor? I want one tooo !!! Boy I know you will make some stuff now that is great!
Thanks Jackie for Last nights Kwaanza feast too it was really good.
Sure, Rub it in that I wasn't there. What did she cook?
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