An Early Christmas Present

I had a few early Christmas surprises this weekend. My friend, David came down from Savannah to spend the weekend slumming it in Thomasville. He was a good sport letting me ride him around informing him about Thomasville's rich past. He even braved the Museum and let me give him a tour around the place. We did a little shopping downtown and enjoyed lunch at George and Louie's, a personal favorite of mine.



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Saturday it was a nice day, so we sat outside enjoying the weather. I was nice and let David go in to Harden's Taxidermy to talk up the owner. They just finished up an alligator head mount for Dave that his parents had picked up for him, so he wanted to tell them what a fantastic job they did. I was also nice and let him go in Kevin's to check out all the merchandise they had to offer. So, it wasn't too girly of a day.

A big highlight of the weekend was from a stop at the post office. I hardly ever go downtown anymore, so that means that I hardly ever check my mail. But since David and I were in the area, I stopped and picked up my mail. I had a wonderful surprise waiting on me.

I received my first letter from the little girl I am sponsoring through Compassion International. This letter absolutely made my day. If you can see, she drew me a picture. I am impressed because I can't even draw a decent stick figure. The letter really touched my heart and it was the perfect early Christmas present. I wrote her back today. She requested a picture of me, so I sent one to her, so hopefully she will now know what I look like. I am excited to see our relationship grow and I pray that I can be an encouragement to her and her family.

I want to share this post from Ann Voskamp's blog. Ann wrote the book One Thousand Gifts. I haven't read it, but I enjoy reading her blog. This post is titled When Christmas Gets Radical: Whose Birthday is it Really? I hope one day when I have children, that I can instill in them a loving and giving heart and teach them that it is truly better to give than to receive and that Christmas isn't just about presents and Santa Claus, but that it is really about Jesus and living our lives for Him. And to take care of those of us who are less fortunate and to give to organizations like Compassion who do a fabulous job of reaching out to children in the name of Jesus. I encourage you to go read that post.

And speaking of Christmas, I wanted to share a quick little project that I did to add a little bit of Christmas cheer to my bedroom. I warn you, it's nothing spectacular and it is actually an unfinished project.

I made a quick little printable in Photoshop to stick in a picture frame. It's just a little Christmas tree I made with clip art dachshunds. Wow. Amazing. Spectacular. Ha ha! It's pretty sad. I have two other frames in this grouping. I put a picture of my nephew Barrett and Santa Claus in the small frame and had intentions for the 4x6 frame for some Scriptures, but I just haven't gotten around to it and seeing that Christmas is Sunday, I doubt I will go to the trouble of doing anything now. So that's my little arts and crafts project I had going on for Christmas.