Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Well, another Christmas Eve come and gone. We went to church, opened presents, set up for Christmas Day and we are ready to turn in. I spent allot of the day cooking. I made cookie dough but we didn't make the cookies because we ran out of time. I made pound cake, and frankly, it tastes pretty bad. Next year, I will remind myself, very little I cook turns out like I would like. But as quickly as it goes, I still enjoy it all. I hope I am helping mark some memories for those in my life. I hope it makes the holidays special for the people I love. I know we are so blessed to have friends, family and loves ones near to celebrate and they remain long after the packages are passed out. Our minister had a sermon about re-gifting. He spoke of re-gifting the gifts of love, friendships, forgiveness, blessing, and of course, sharing God's word, but it made the most sense this holiday season. Give the gifts that really mean something to someone... a smile, an ear, a touch, a hand, or perhaps patience, biting your tongue, holding the careless or hurtful remark. I hope i slowed down a little. My useless cake and frozen cookie dough are a reminder, i didn't get it as right as i would have liked to. But i bought paper plates for breakfast:)