y’all, can we be real and just chat for a moment?? this is a text i sent jeremy today. that’s true excitement because after searching forever, with frozen fingers and a numb runny nose, i finally found our bundt pan! our heart shaped bundt pan, that we have used to make monkey bread in, every christmas morning, for 10+ years. it’s our tradition. its just what we do. it's way too much sugar and 9 times out of 10 i slightly burn them haha but oh my its so good! and i couldn't bring myself to buy a new pan because i NEEDED this heart shaped pan!
i’m not gonna lie, y’all this year has been harder for me to get in the christmas spirit. i mean, its just felt different. jeremy has been working in texas (but gets here this weekend YAY!) and our kitchen really isn’t equipped to bake in easily, everything is boxed up since we start our home renovations the first of the year, and i don’t know, it’s just felt different i guess.
but as i sent this text to him, i realized that none of it matters. the old and kinda broken tree (since our newer pretty christmas tree is waaaaay too tall for this home!), the missing decorations, the garland that won’t light up anymore, trying to find new traditions and activities in our new area, our new home, not even this pan- its not what’s really important.
what matters, what it all comes down to, is our savior. it is our time as a family, to celebrate our savior, to learn of him, to talk of him, to feel his love and to share his love.
one of our new traditions we started this year is a read aloud book all together. sometimes we sit with hot chocolate at the table. sometimes we are snuggled up on the couch by our wood burning stove. it doesn’t matter where we read, it’s that time together, slowing down and being together and our conversation about jesus. we are reading charles dickens, the life of our lord and oh how i have loved that time with the kids reading, talking about our savior’s life. his birth and what mary must have felt as she was facing this incredible miracle and the unknowns for her. the loving miracles he did for others and the love he showed to everyone around him. i have loved sharing my testimony of jesus and his love for each of us with our kids.
so yes, this year is a different holiday season and it might have taken me all morning to find this heart shaped pan amongst our boxes and i am trying to find new traditions but it’s ok. it’s ok to step back, focus on what this season is really about and just do what is good for you and your heart. i pray that this season finds you feeling his love. merry christmas friends. xo