I bought the boys Christmas shirts that read, "Is it too late to be nice?" Jackson had his Christmas party at school today so I thought I'd put them in the shirts today. We got ready early so I decided to take advantage of two happy boys and snap some pics. They were so sweet with each other! Grady just LOVES the Christmas tree! He really likes to touch the branches and lets out a little giggle when I let him. Thank goodness he isn't totally crawling yet or he'd be ripping ornaments down and eating needles all day long!








Teenage Mother A donkey owner Simon of Cyrene Who are these people? I am sure you can figure out the first one: Mary the mother of Jesus. Who are the others and what do all three of these people have in common? They all did extraordinary things but, for the most part, went unseen. Do you ever feel unseen? Undervalued? I do. I try not to get caught up in that space, but I find myself there too often. While Mary is infamous today, she wasn't when she brought the King into this world. She was a teenager who gave birth in a barn. She was an outcast who was pregnant but not married. She told of an unbelievable story involving an angel, a Spirit, and a Savior who was going to save the world. Could you even imagine? It's easy for us to be in awe of Mary. We know the whole story. She didn't. And neither did the people around her. She had to live it. To top it all off, she had to watch her beloved son die a gruesome death. Talk about feeling unseen and undervalued. She faithfu...
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