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Twas the Night before Christmas

24/12/2016 by kimberley 1 Comment

Twas the night before Christmas, and all was still…

Well unless you’re a parent or just generally unprepared for how quick the 25th of December has made its arrival! We’ve spent today AWAY from the shops (thank heavens, my local centre parking lot was looking chocca) and taking time to just chill out. I popped into see my best friend whose husband was chopping up butternut into neat blocks, and enquired about the bags of pre-cut veg in the fresh section and his reply – with stained orange fingers – that all the shops were out.

It’s that time of the year when everything gets crazily hectic and then everyone crashes for a few days until those keen enough to pull together something for New Years make some noise, and then it’s all downhill until everyone goes back to work.

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It’s been quite a tough period for us: my uncle passed away after a long illness and I’ve unfortunately been hit with a rather lengthy virus that’s caused a number of medical visits, a plethora of colourful supplements to swallow each morning and the hope that it’ll all be over soon. In the middle of that we’ve had some serious joys too! My husband turned 40 and we celebrated in style with gorgeous fillet on the braai and friends around the fire. We managed to get away to Bredasdorp for a couple of days. My baby turned 4 months old and is thriving, and my 2 year and 8 month old has just taken up golf 🙂

And so here we sit on the 24th of December: presents are wrapped and under the tree, the last load of laundry is done for the week, our new tenants are happily IN, my meal contributions for tomorrow’s swim-eat-celebrate-family-day are ready and my baby is happily fast asleep in his cot (for the time being).

The little moments of quiet amid all the hubbub of the last few weeks has been good for the soul, and good to reflect on all that has gone past this year. And there certainly has been a great deal. It’s also a time when I am able to see through all the tinsel and wrappings to where God’s nativity shines as the real reason for Christmas, and I am so thankful and grateful to have survived another year only by His grace.

We’re now off to church to enjoy the Kids Christmas Service which should be good fun and meaningful.

I wish you all a happy Christmas, and to all, a good night x

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  1. Megan Keith says

    24/12/2016 at 3:43 pm

    Have a wonderful Christmas, Kim! And I hope your virus is gone! Megan xx

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