I can't even begin to write about everything that has happened in 2010. Some good, some not so good, some lousy & some downright bad. So let me focus on the last few important days... Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & the Day After Christmas...
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| My Church's Altar |
I sang Oh Holy Night at this mass. It is the first time I sang a solo on Christmas eve. Other than not being able to find my first note, I think it sounded okay. There were not a lot of people at mass - or I guess I should say that there were not as many people as usual. But there were two people there that are so very important to me - D and my "baby boy" J. I watched them sit together and talk before mass started. During the sign of peace, they both came up to me. At the end of mass, we had our picture taken together in front of the alter. It was wonderful, simply wonderful to have them there with me. I am lucky to have a parish that feels so much like family - but even so, it doesn't take the place of having family with me, praying with me, singing with me, celebrating God's love with me - nope, nothing takes the place of that. It was the best gift I have been given in a long while.
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| It's titled "Faith, Hope & Love", hmmm... is there a message in there? |
Christmas Day... Slept in late - until 11 - Woo Hoo!!! (first time in 30 years I was not up at 7 a.m. or so!) D gave me wonderful pearl earrings & this beautiful picture. I love both the pearls and the picture, but the picture will forever hold a special place in my heart.
You see, D&I were in the mall a few weeks before Christmas & I saw the picture & told him I loved it & that I was going to save & get it after the holidays. During that conversation he didn't appear to be listening to me & I chalked it up to the fact that "art really isn't his thing". I remember being annoyed and thinking - for all the time I have patiently and attentively listened to him talk about the things he likes, he has some nerve not listening to me talk about something I like. So on Christmas when I opened the wrapped package & found the picture I was really taken aback. This picture is beautiful yes, but it reminds me that even though I don't think D is always listening, apparently I'm wrong about that. Now, I'm not saying we're the perfect couple because of the picture, but when I get annoyed that I think he isn't listening, I just go in the dining room & look at the picture & I take a step back & think "well, MAYBE I'm wrong". Having to eat crow every now and again -even if I am the only one at the table - pushes me off my high horse - & perhaps that is a good thing.
The Day After Christmas... I cooked & the Js came to visit. We had dinner in my dining room at my wonderfully set table... I was so thrilled to have found my table cloth (yes, I'm learning to be happy about the small things in life.) Dinner was nice - lots of good conversation & laughter. D & the Js got along well - & this warms my heart. I could have just sat there and listened to them talk and laugh. I've waited a long time for that. And when A was able to get away from work, D was still happy, sweet and friendly. Rather than being stressed about us all being together, I took a long sigh of relief & I enjoyed myself. And my kids enjoyed themselves & D enjoyed himself. It was a day that I found myself thinking "God is so good" & "I'm glad I didn't throw him out, I'm glad I believed in him, in us and in HIM."
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| I love a beautiful table Mercy is being shown to me. If the 3 days around Christmas are any indication of 2011, it is going to be a wonderful year, and yes, God is indeed good! |
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