Cup o' Christmas

This week I've already been really tempted to jump into a lot of activities, the hustle and bustle, the fun craziness of the week before Christmas. And not that the hustle and bustle are bad necessarily, but I don't want to run myself or the kids ragged, and not take the time to be still and slow down. Just enjoy the moment.

Christmas is such a fleeting thing. Something we look forward to all year. I want to enjoy it (and all the things that it means) and teach my kids to do the same. To sip it slow like a good cup of coffee, making it last and enjoying it to the last drop. Letting the warmth fill you up so you have it to share with the people around you.

This year, this week before Christmas, and all the days in between now and next Christmas, I want to give my kids/family/friends the gift of a mother/wife/friend who's at peace, present in their lives and ready to enjoy it with them.

You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you. / Isaiah 26:3

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