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There is something very comforting about the familiarity of long standing family traditions. When I asked my children this year, what is one thing we cannot miss out on for Christmas all most all of them said this omelette. (The youngest will only eat “Humpty Dumpty Eggs”, you know boiled)

I pray for you, that on this Christmas day, you will find peace and comfort in the familiar traditions. I pray you will be healthy and whole. I pray for prosperity. I pray for healing. I pray for peace of mind and that you would dream dreams!

May my Lord and Savior bless you well, today while we celebrate His birth, and always to the end of the ages!

Merry Christmas Friends!

Like a desire for lemonade on a hot, hot, day, my soul longs for simplicity.

The simple joy of laughter.

The smile that comes from my husbands soul and shines from his eyes, lighting his entire face.

The smell of cinnamon baking.

A light conversation with a friend.

A walk in the bush, with the sun streaming through the trees.

A magical story read with my children.

A brush stroke on a canvas.

Simplicity, my heart longs for you!

This is the jumping off point, time to get our feet wet.

Are you like me and have started watching every youtuber to see which goals and how to set up the perfect plan for 2021? Do you get up, make your list, and by lunch time crash and burn in a spectacular heap of too high of expectations and physical exhaustion from checking your list over and over in your mind all night long?

Confession time: My self discipline needs improvement, or maybe I just need to listen to the rhythms of my body and give myself a break.

As I was meditating and praying this morning I read, “don’t leave your marriage to chance.” I was immediately taken aback by this statement as I could hear clearly ‘STOP leaving your LIFE to chance’.

It’s not that I am particularly reckless or endangering myself the way I live, but on the other hand, I am not really managing myself well either.

It’s kind of like these pictures above, my camera is not very good to begin with, then leaving the placement and flash settings to chance…it just doesn’t capture the depth of this piece. It’s washed out, not enough feeling shows through.

2020 was a year to restore vision. To take off blinders and rose colour glasses. To restore clear sight.

It has been painful to see clearly sometimes. As the reoccurring theme keeps coming up, start living, start managing, stop being a ‘blob’ on the face of the earth. Time is not promised, get up, get out of your ‘comfort zone’ and do something. Silence the lies, take a risk, prove them wrong. Don’t stand by and watch your life pass before your eyes. Stretch out and ‘BE FULLY YOU’! You were created for great things.

We cannot ‘control’ what will happen, but we can manage how we react and respond to it. We can set boundaries around what is important and measure cost before taking actions. We can manage instead of living by chance.

We need to start today!

I thought of you today Grandpa, third birthday, you have been gone.

Gatherings are not the same, without your rhymes or poems or silly songs.

I really don’t know what to say, you were a big part of my life. I am still upset that you didn’t live up to your promise to make it to 120 and tell me what it was like.

My silly, aggravating, amazing grandpa!

DEC 15, 1915 – JULY 31, 2018

DAVIDSON, John Frederick – Peacefully, at Caressant Care, Marmora on Tuesday July 31, 2018. John Davidson of Marmora in his 103rd year. Son of the late William & Martha (Lee) Davidson. Husband of Theresa (Roy). Father of John (Theresa), Wilberforce; Tom (Lorretta) Cordova; Gary (Sally), Mount Albert; Dan (Dawn) Keegan, Deloro and the late William. Father in law of Rev. Aleace Davidson, Campbellford. Brother of the late George, Fanny, William & Martha Willman. Grandfather of 10, great grandfather of 36, and 8 great great grandchildren