Two Christmases...

As much as I love Christmas, sometimes I feel like this:

Now, granted... I am not married, but two Christmases is enough to juggle. I miss the good ole days when my brother and I would wake up ridiculously early. We were all in one house.

I really miss my grandma around the holidays. She died over 10 years ago and holidays just have never been the same without her.

Now  I am living on my own, waking up on Christmas alone. I do love Christmas and all, but that does not mean I am not lonely during the holidays.

I went to lunch last week with our staff and had a hard time coming up with a Christmas tradition. All of our old ones no longer exist due to the fact that we're not in the same house anymore. Being an adult child of divorce can really suck sometimes, but here's to blazing a trail of new traditions... and maybe going on a Christmas cruise someday to just relax during the holiday season!

Advent week 2: HOPE

Continuing my journey and writing down thoughts has been really great for me.

 

 

 

 

I just found this video via Marko. Precious children sharing the BEST STORY EVER:

Advent Week 1: FAITH

Having grown up in a church that never really did much with the church calendar, I'm making my own version of Advent.

My roommate goes to a traditional church and brought home an Advent daily Bible reading schedule.

A few weeks ago I went into a thrift store with a friend. I noticed an advent wreath complete with candles for $4. I did not have money on me, so later that day I snatched it up. They had been redecorating, so I was afraid they had sold it. I asked an employee if they knew where it was, and she directed me straight to it. YEA!

I know that each week has a word attached to it. I thought week 1 was faith (it's HOPE, but it's in the Bible as faith, hope, and love, so why wouldn't it be first?!).

I do my Bible reading in the morning and light my advent candles during dinner.

I am enjoying the lessons God is teaching me in this time of re-focusing on who Jesus is. He was BORN a KING. Man, I love my Jesus.