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Days of November: Decorate

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My dear sweet man is aching to decorate the house.  (more accurately to put up the tree).  

He’s having to deal with a wife who is easily exhausted, so making space to put the tree is a bit beyond him without my help.

I feel badly for him.

You see…I know what it’s like to be aching to decorate, to get the Christmas stuff up and organized.   I am sure you do to eh?

So as I listen to him asking, so where do you think we can get a tree, or what do you think about putting it here?   Right now all I think is… wow…sounds like a lot of work…and I don’t wanna.   But I don’t tell him that.

I don’t tell him that when I think about putting up my village it just makes me feel sad inside, wondering if I’ll have the energy to do it and I SO LOVE to put up my village you know?  I really do.

It makes it feel like Christmas, and it’s fun to move things around and have the villagers kicking around doing things, or finding a new piece I can add and see if anyone notices….

It’s one of my traditions.   This year I was hoping to find a couple more pieces for my choir.   Wouldn’t it be neat to have a trombone player??   (if I can find it again, saw one once and thought COOL, but well you know, you don’t always have the funds for it eh?

We will decorate this year, just not sure when or how… but some time we’ll get it done.  Maybe by end of week I’ll have more energy again…wouldn’t that be wonderful!   TREE TIME!!!!!  Yes, I do want tree time… this year I may have the boys do most of the work.  Building memories…a good thing that eh?

This post is part of my Days of November series.  You can find the rest of the days here. 

Days of November: Lesson

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This post is part of my Days of November series.  You can find the rest of the days here. 

Lesson Learned

I’ve watched others you know
with Pneumonia.
Thinking they look tired.
So letting them rest.

But it’s not the same.
The understanding isn’t there.

Until.

One has it themselves.
Then one intimately understands
The shortness of breath
The lack of desire.
The inability to move and
Breathe well at the same time.

Lessons learned.
Lessons remembered.

God only gives us what we can bear.
And so far I bear.

A husband caring, doing the dishes. 🙂
A boy loving, bringing me tea and blankets.
A group of friends praying, holding me to the Lord.

This bearing I can do.
As I sit and rest.
And re-discover a truth.
When one sits and loudly breathes.
And the house is quiet.

One can lift up
A boy struggling with accident results.
A young lad struggling with cancer.
A mom missing a daughter off at school.
A church in the throes of closing.
A friend in need of the Lord.
A friend’s husband recovering from surgery.

These things that so often get a fleeting prayer.
That when one is sitting and feeling useless.
Longer prayers can be made.
And this lesson.

It is GOOD.