I’ve wanted to post for days and days, but in the midst of all the fun of Christmas activities, and the 8th birthday of my oldest grandchild, the tragedy of Newtown broke our hearts and I couldn’t find heart myself to say anything. And I’m still very overwhelmed with this, as I know so many of you are. It keeps coming back to my mind. I’ve been praying so much, as I know you have.
But let me share a few things. The Hungarian Scouts came to Nathan’s party to do their annual Christmas caroling. They are a wonderful group of enthusiastic young women and sing songs in Hungarian, German and English for us, nearly a twenty minute program.
In the meantime, WordPress has switched to a totally different way of posting photos and I’m having my usual difficulties with new technology and cannot see any advantages to this new method.
Here is a picture of Nathan and his cousins around his birthday cake. There were many grownups, but they are not in this photo.
And last, my grandson had to write a very short “essay” about his family’s Christmas traditions. It was only four sentences long, but melted my heart completely!
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The line of stars was only put in so that this picture above would appear in the center and in its entirety. Otherwise you had to click on it to read it. I really consider changing to another blog hoster, except other people seem to have difficulties. too.
An essay worthy of framing with a sweet photo of the author! If I ever read such an essay, it would be headed straight for the wall. ☺
Yes, these have certainly been difficult days. Too much too handle on our own for certain.
I’d have loved to have heard the concert given in all those languages. I’d have listened closely for the German. Gott ist die Lieber… or some other wonderful carol or hymn.
Merry Christmas to you and yours…
The essay is so sweet! We still have a collection of my Mum’s essays from when she was about that age, and they are not only an interesting document of what those times (less than 10 years after the war) were like for an average family in Germany, but also very touching little stories and drawings.
My daughter has had issues with WordPress and she is pretty tech savvy!
Yes, the tragedy in Conn. had put a cloud over Christmas celebrations here. I had to stop watching the news and found ways to honor those who were lost in my own way.
Wonderful that you shared this letter! I will do a post about my son’s letter to Santa that he wrote when he was in 1st grade, and he is now 23! (I have kept it all these years.)
Like you, I keep thinking of those children from Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Like the commenter above, I had to stop watching the news, it was too much.