Mr. and Mrs. Smith Express Yourself

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself...
- ~Norman Wesley Brooks

Family

I love my husband, he's my #2. But I can't imagine our life without our children. Some of our most memorable times are with our children, or watching our children. Right now, Pierce and his friend Will are playing hockey in the house. When our oldest two were little, I would have been a nervous wreck...worried every minute that they were going to break something. I've grown a lot since then, or maybe I just realize all those things can be replaced. And now, we have Hudson to enjoy as well. What an awesome gift God has given us...four beautiful children, one grandchild, and each other. Life is not always "A Bowl of Cherries". We work hard, go non-stop when we get home and sometimes are so exhausted at the end of the day that we both just want to crash. But it's pretty darn close. I think back of the years I was single and how I longed to share mine and my children's life with someone. God blessed me beyond belief. He's my #1.

Choices not chance determine your destiny.
- Barbara Johnson

There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries.
~W.J. Cameron

Christmas

"For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is 'hurry'. And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. It is not a matter of days or weeks, but of centuries-nearly twenty of them now since that holy night in Bethlehem. Regarded in this manner, the pre-Christmas rush may do us greater service than we realize. With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal."
- Burton Hills -