Christmas in the Free State (Part I)

Last year Johnny and I was in New York for Christmas.  Although the holiday spirits and Christmas cheer in New York is incredible - we both remembered how home sick we were. So this year it was extremely special spending Christmas with my parents in the home where we grew up.  My Mom also knows how to put together a five start dinner party.  The five of us love spending time together as a family and our evening was filled with laughter and jokes.  Esther crowned herself as the "Christmas Police" and made sure to keep everyone away from their phones and ensured that only one present is opened at a time so that it could have everyone's full attention.  She basically made sure that we had the perfect Christmas Eve.  I will cherish these memories with my family for ever. I hope that everyone had a very merry Christmas and that you were also as lucky as I was to have been able to share it with my family. May you also feel God's love in this period and remember the greatest gift of all received from Him.