Morning Light...



The sun is shining brightly here this morning

and I am tucked away here in my apartment

all cozy and warm.  However soon I will

bundle up and venture out of my door to see

the sunlight glinting off the 4 inches of snow

we received overnight on Friday and half of

the day on Saturday...It is a Winter Wonderland

out there!  Yaaaay!  The picture above is not of

my sacred ground but one I found on Photobucket.

So last evening I was sharing a precious gift I had

received in the mail from my Beautiful Sister/Friend

Merry ME and wanted to share what this is with all

of you, as it just touched me so much...I literally

cried over the heartfelt message of it.  So...I get

this festive Christmas Bag all taped up from Merry

and when I open it up there are red and green strips

of paper cut up and on each one of them is a word.

On the back of the strip is a quote using the word.

Of course there was an accompanying letter with

the strips and even that was all decked out festively

as she had used a printer to print off sheets of this

holiday paper that was toooo cute!  Anywho, here is

what Merry shared with me....

Dear Akasa,

  I want to do something more than send a card to the

people I've connected with over the past year.  I want

to stay connected to the meaning of the things we do,

the people we love and the "reason for the season."

  To that end, you will find enclosed a Merry ME version

of an Advent Calendar.  On one side of each strip of

paper there is a word that is my wish for you that day.

On the other side is a quote to help you focus your

thoughts.  Each day between now and January 1st, pull

a strip out of the bag and let the word serve as a kind of

holiday GPS that will lead you to Christmas morning with

a sense of wonder, rather than weariness.

  When done you can line the strips together on your

fridge, or glue them together in a paper chain or pass

them along to others.  To stay in the circle of friendship

I will be doing the same thing on my blog every day

during the month of December.

  My hope is that for a few minutes each day, you will

have some time to reflect on the things that make this

season special for you.  Oh that we could be sitting in

front of a roaring fire, sipping on "whatever" and sharing

the scents, sounds, warmth, joy and love that Christmas

is.  In place of that I send you my heartfelt wishes for the

merriest of holidays, and the grandest of New Years.

  May peace abund and love fill your hearts.

  Merry ME

Merry ME...you take my breath away with your loving

kindness, especially in light of all that you are living

through right now.  Your kindness and compassion do

overwhelm me.  I hope you know Sister/Friend how

much I've come to love and adore you!  Bless you,

and May Mother/Father God always hold you in their

Mighty Wings!

This is the Miracle on Liberty Avenue!

So...today's pull is....Ahhhh!  Christmas Stories!

Children love the joy that the Christmas season

brings, and there is no better time to encourage

reading than Christmas.

What a Wondrous Morning Light this has been!

I wish you all a day filled with wondrous light!