let it out.

While figuring out how to best put this into words, the images of the Kleenex commercials (Let it Out) came to mind.. my little comedic break for this morning. I should be at church, I would like to be at church, but our poor little Adrienne has quite the croupy cold.

I find myself still mulling over this last Christmas season. This last holiday, I really struggled with all the commercialism and hype vs. Christ's birth. Part of it being that we weren't able to financially give gifts as we had in the past. Part of it was humbly accepting help from those we had helped in the past. Part of it had to do with missing family members which haven't been present at any holiday celebration for many years.. it just doesn't seem to get easier with time. Time, in this case, just seems to make these seasons more difficult. Part of it was just clinging for dear life to my faith in Christ and daily reminding myself that He will provide what we NEED (Philippians 4:19).

Anyway, a friend of mine from highschool recently got in touch with me.. we exchanged blogs, and I found this on hers.. I love this post. I don't know what else to say about it. This is an amazing poem and tradition that will be part of our Christmas next year, and the years to come.

Here's the link: The Christmas Nail

A few of you may be getting these with your Christmas packages next year, so hopefully I am posting this far enough in advance for you to forget and be surprised when you receive it!