my christmas is

* being able to read and feel two chapters in donald millers book about "the reason god hasn't fixed you yet" and "the beauty of a tragedy"

* arthur at work talking about how he is scared to ask his dying grandfather if he knows Jesus - and we talk about death while living - and i want to create big memories and don't know where to start

* reading: http://5millionkids.blogspot.com/2010/11/weazys-mite.html

* coming home and aaron cooked dinner

* luca wanting to do homework and draw lots of big snow flakes around her triangular mouse-house - counting the days until christmas

* call from my mom even though i struggle to be present torn between work, tv and solitude
and listening

* a hug goodbye with a "plan on it"

* knowing the hurts, joys and questions of some of the people close to me

* thinking of encouragment and humility

* letting it sink in: one day when i settle down at home to sit down with god and remember my story with him (as donald miller puts it)...then "my soul won't be thirsty anymore"

* and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb7wfLAgTqc

* and luca says: jesus is coming