Christmas This Year....{by me.}

The stockings are hung,
Carols to the elderly we have sung.

The kids were in School Performances, 

 the Town Parade, 

Piano Recital 

& The Nutcracker 

not Jaxson, but Daylan, Kaylea and Spencer.

Teacher's gifts have been given

wrapped in bows and in ribbon.

Now if only I could get my shopping finished

...do the laundry & wash the dinner dishes.

I should be wrapping, but instead I lay here in bed
Dreaming of a clean house & no pain in my head.

Christmas lights are in our lawn; only half are working now,

...but to my kids it seems like the greatest display somehow.

I'm coughing & sneezing-going through boxes of tissues

Helping sick babies in the night with all of their issues.

Our Christmas cards are not all yet mailed,

My friends & family probably think that this year I bailed.

The tree is already wilting

& the star on top is tilting.

I pass our Nativity in the hall
& for a moment I stop and recall;

...That the reason I'm doing all this
is to celebrate this birthday of His.

Today at church with my half of a voice, I tried to sing Christmas hymns
Only to get out a few notes & tears around my eyes rims.

This year I feel as if I'm barely making it by
but I'll keep on trying to remember why-

That it's NOT about how many or how great of gifts I will buy,
But what I do to serve others & show my love to our King on High.

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