LITTLE ONES

                          Little Ones bring life and wonder to this special time of the year.

 

There is very little snow around now only big piles at the parking lots and little piles beside the walk way.

 

I just went for a short walk to see the ducks the day before Rick arrived.    It is cold and the streets are slippery.  The mall at White Rock had a group of children playing the piano and it was delightful as proud parents and grandparents watch in a circle around them. We also stopped to watch the children visit Santa Clause who was sharing his special gift of love and kindness with each one.  Happiness shone from the faces of the children and the parents.

Sunday church was a beautiful service with lots of music and a good amount of children.  The little ones are adorable.  Reading the story of Mary and Joseph and their little one can be a very moving experience is we enter into it realizing the danger Mary's life was in by carrying this child.  It was a harsh world and single pregnant mothers could be stoned to death.

I am amazed at the gravity of her sacrifice as a very young girl, maybe 14, and her courage and inner conviction that she was in the will of God.  Yes, every baby is special and needs a change at life.  The name of Jesus was given to Joseph in a dream "Yeshua" for he will be a savior.  It was not an uncommon name.  Even the commonness of his name reminds us that out of the ordinary, and even  under the shadow of his apparently scandalous conception; his destiny was preordained.

Rick arrived about five o'clock last evening so that was good as I was starting to worry because the radio said the road to Kamloops was not too good.  Good to catch up on news.  Rick is seeing Chris today and Chris is not coming to Sandra's place.  He is going to his mom;s but Leah and Craig are coming. so that is good.

 

 I remember in years in the past dad and I delivered Christmas Hampers to needy families. Oliver also helped. There are so many in sad situations and it is good if we can help to make  Christmas special for their children. When we gathered as a group to make up these hampers we enjoyed the feeling of wanting to bring happiness to others.  So thankful for the abundance of everything we enjoy in our lives.  Or at least I am.  Jesus also feed the hungry with food and with spiritual life.

Today as preparations are being made I think of all the people who have touched my life and helped me by lifting my spirits.  Sometimes it has just being adjusting to change.    Finding hope and healing.

I am thankful for the happy home I grew up in and for my precious children and all my grandchildren who are all great! This time of year we miss those who are so far away but never far from our thoughts.  Good to talk to Ken on the phone before he goes to work Christmas Eve.  We really need to pray for his eyes to heal with the eye drops because the operation is so very painful, as you would image any cutting done in the eye.

I am up early and the boys are still sleeping.

"Come closer to the common mystery.   Attend to the ordinary. . . . .
All the travelling of thoughts return to the beginning and recognize
the obvious.     It is wisdom that sees the ordinary  with amazement.
----Ray Grigg a poet and spiritual director.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Ken AND MELINA AND ALL THE FAMILY especially all the little ones but all the big ones too!

Merry Christmas Carol and Panteli!  and Kim!