Well, it has been all we hoped for...and more!
After arriving here in Dothan, we were able to drive around this small city to see all the sights of Christmas--beautifully decorated homes, the stores with all the tinsel and ribbon and wreath.
We were able to go to the Christmas Eve service with our family at the Covenant UMC here in Dothan, AL. What a wonderful experience...music, dancing, preaching...and all of it focused on the Birth of our Lord! Wow! At home with Mom and Papa, we got to watch Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas. As is our tradition, we had a wonderful "breakfast" for supper--scrambled eggs, cheese grits, sausage, biscuits--the works! On Christmas morn, we gathered around the tree and opened gifts...! Then, in the early afternoon, we ate turkey, dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet-potato casserole, turnip greens, mashed potatoes, ambrosia, pecan pie and caramel cake!! What a blessed Christmas day.
Then, today--Boxing Day--we worshiped at Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Webb, AL, with my parents...where I had been asked me to bring the sermon. The weather was COLD...snow flurries were wisping around all over...but the small gathering at the church was full of warmth and welcome. We had a wonderful time in worship...and hot soups were shared after. What a good Lord's day....
We wanted a good, old-fashioned (at least from our youthful perspective!) Christmas since it had been six years since we'd been home for this season...and that is exactly what we got. We hope all of you, too, enjoyed a wonderful Christmas...and may the New Year find you filled with hopes and expectations! God bless us...every one!
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