Tis’ the season.
For moving, new job, new Christmas traditions and the same conversations in roundabout fashion.
So much to tell, the Husband got a new job, took a vacation, quit his old job, and we moved. This all happened in the span of two weeks or so.
We are now a family in fragment, unlikely and completely unforeseeable circumstances mean we may be this way for some time as we encounter a few rough patches. We are nomads at Advent. I can now imagine how Mary must have felt leaving her family and her comfort to follow Joseph back to Bethlehem (at least I am not about to bear a child) and upon finding a sense of rest on arrival, finding out the only place available was a cave/stable. Thankfully we have family as shelter and are not living in a cave. I get it though. The time of year and my current circumstances have given me a new perspective and sympathy for Mary.
This time of year has been and will always be sparkly and magical for me. I am trying so hard to make it thus for my children but I am struggling. I am struggling with my “Christmas spirit”. My traditions and warmth seem faded and cold at this moment in time and I yearn for a peaceful soul.
Where you may be, whatever the circumstance I pray you may find peace and rest this Christmas season. May our focus remain on our blessings and the hope we have in Christ.
Until the next quiet moments….
marriedtothelaw 