In November, LM and I sat down to Read the kids the new book they had gotten at the book fair...."Bad Kitty Christmas" It is a book, with a comical, only the kids would like cover and definitely not classic material, I thought. It was a story about an old woman, and some run away animals and to make a long story short, the old woman talks about not having much on Christmas spending it by herself with only her tree of photographs and her "memories", and that she was happy ust to have that. LM couldn't get through the book the first time without getting teary eyed and then I took over and couldn't finish myself. Fast forward to today, LM came bearing gifts for our Christmas as we are all on vacation next week. We had given her some homemade books, cards, cookies and the button tree she had been admiring on our mantel a few days before. She gave us some really good hot cocoa, an antique "Big Book of Christmas" with recipes, songs, stories and poems with an inscription about how our family had rekindled the "magic and spirit" of Christmas for her. As she went to leave tonight, we wished each other a Merry Christmas and She said to me "You're a good mom". For someone who sees the ups and downs and the not so good moments of my daily life, to acknowledge the very thing that I pour my heart and soul into day in and out and sometimes fail miserably at....wow. there are no words. Best Christmas present ever. I know that people come into your life for a reason, and some people are the answer to your prayers about what you need right now. Thank you LM. May God bless you and never give you another lonely, sad "bad kitty" moment again in your life. Merry Christmas.
PS I love how to remind J to send me gifts when he goes away on his trips.....and your chicken chili is to die for!
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