As I sat staring at the Christmas tree, trying to gather my thoughts together all in one place, something seemed kinda odd. The tree has been decorated for days now…
but there seemed to be some new ornaments added which had not been there before. Four of them to be exact. All identical. They seemed to be laughing at me and having a grand old time dangling from their respective branches. Apparently, some plastic monkeys had escaped from their blue plastic barrel and were swingin’ their way up the tree.
As I sat there staring at them they brought my thoughts to settle on trying to decide which one of my snuggle-bugs had placed them there. For surely my husband had not added them, nor my parents and certainly not the dog, as amazing and wonderful as our Carmel is…
It helped me stop and appreciate and be thankful for the blessing of my little ones and their creative imaginations. I unwrapped a blessing in that moment. The small and unexpected that helped me appreciate that God has blessed us with four of these snuggle-bugs and that they have wonderful minds full of creative ideas and they all have a great sense of humor. Even the littlest. And you should hear her giggle!!!
