This Christmas Eve, we had a fun time mixing tradition with some service. We decided as a family to give some gifts this year to a young single mom and her 13 month old daughter. She works twelve hour days to raise money for her daughter's needed back surgery next month. She has no family here, but shows great maturity to make things work. The little girl is the cutest thing ever, and will have to undergo 3 major surgeries in the next year. You would never know, though, because she is always smiling and chatting away. I hope my daughters can learn just a little through this experience the great blessings they have in their life and to appreciate their good health.
The rest of the evening, we prepared the house for "Santa's Arrival". The girls rolled out sugar cookies and decorated them. Eliza made her list and left Santa a note. Then we read Christmas stories and snuggled in for a long winter's nap. This may be the last year of believing in our house, as Eliza did express some skepticism to Santa's existence. She still believes, but you can tell her mind is trying to figure out how he could really be.
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