A Christmas Blessing

Mark and I debated for several days whether to get a real tree or purchase a fake one for our home. Since we will be in Boston for Christmas we knew that a real one would have to be taken down before we left—what fun is that? The last thing I want to do the day before Christmas Eve is to tear decorations off the tree and put the tree on the curb. It’s a sad thought. However, fake trees are extremely expensive and I couldn’t see spending the money.

In the end we decided to go ahead and get a real tree. Thankfully our plans were thwarted by severe weather conditions. The very day we wanted to pick one out God decided to bring on the rain, sleet and eventually dump several inches of snow on Chicagoland. Needless to say, it was a little too cold and wet to go Christmas tree shopping that day.

Well, it was a good thing we decided to wait on getting the tree…The very next day our neighbor mentioned that he wanted to get rid of their tree. He said that they had it in the garage and we could have it if we wanted it. That very night Bill (our neighbor) brought it to the house and I unpacked it immediately. It took me all night to fluff out all of the branches, but when I finished I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. We now have a nine foot tree standing in our living room. What a wonderful Christmas present. God is so cool.

Carmella is just fascinated with all the lights. I place her on her little play mat and she just stares up at the tree as happy as can be.