Merry Christmas from the Mooneys
What do you do to celebrate Jesus’ coming to earth? you dance. Merry Christmas from our family to you.
thanks thing
We plan to gather the rascals and jump in Big Red tomorrow for a trek to our Cajun Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and yours and in the hubbub of it all- attempt with me to remember that God with us has come. Ginny and Lena (and Ginny’s mom) are headed back from St. Louis today. They traveled that increasingly familiar route for Lena’s e.e.g. (in layman’s terms this is wires on head, reading brain activity for 24 hours). So, Gin and Lena hung out in a room for the entire day- one room. This sounds like a really, really…
6
12. 12. 12 It is as though the calendar has been set to acknowledge that this is a special day. This is our Lena’s 6th birthday. Her first in our family. She spent her last three in an orphanage- on her back in a crib. This year with Lena has been too much. I have often chosen to not write about her or what she has brought to our family because I know it is still simmering within my soul; I have seen that closed fires burn hotter while open fires can putter out. God has seared so much into…
imperfect vessels
W hen choosing which to purchase, he peruses E ach with care, being sure to neglect the ones with crack or imperfection. A ny blemish will R emove the option of acceptance; E ach shortcoming serving sufficient reason for rejection. A nd I am watching him, trying not to catch his eye, L est he think me a L urker or some shade of plain weird. B ut I am over him now; having moved on to thinking that we all cannot stop our R ating system when we go beyond the store. O ur…
our toddler christmas wish list:: a letter to the grandparents
After much cussing and discussion on Christmas’ nearness, Gin and I spent some time hashing out how we were going to do Christmas different. Everyone I know wants to Christmas to be more meaningful and less hijacked. Turning that desire into action has been another thing altogether. In order to align our thoughts and our own families, we wrote a letter to both of our parents. Now you gotta know some things before the following letter will make sense to you. Gin and I both have unbelievable parents. To say we are blessed in this department is akin to saying…
What do you do to celebrate Jesus’ coming to earth? you dance. Merry Christmas from our family to you.
We plan to gather the rascals and jump in Big Red tomorrow for a trek to our Cajun Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and yours and in the hubbub of it all- attempt with me to remember that God with us has come. Ginny and Lena (and Ginny’s mom) are headed back from St. Louis…
12. 12. 12 It is as though the calendar has been set to acknowledge that this is a special day. This is our Lena’s 6th birthday. Her first in our family. She spent her last three in an orphanage- on her back in a crib. This year with Lena has been too much. I have…
W hen choosing which to purchase, he peruses E ach with care, being sure to neglect the ones with crack or imperfection. A ny blemish will R emove the option of acceptance; E ach shortcoming serving sufficient reason for rejection. A nd I am watching him, trying not to catch his eye, L est he…
After much cussing and discussion on Christmas’ nearness, Gin and I spent some time hashing out how we were going to do Christmas different. Everyone I know wants to Christmas to be more meaningful and less hijacked. Turning that desire into action has been another thing altogether. In order to align our thoughts and our…