Before Christmas

My poor blog has been neglected by me for so long that I feel sorry for it. It's homeschooling, parenting, housework, "talking" to friends and relatives on WeChat,shopping, and reading, etc. It's life, happening everyday, and almsot never easy. Of course, my deepest struggles are relational which tend to make me emotional.

Although the frustration is often beyond my patience, the pain beyond my tears, I am thankful. How can I not be?

You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.

Revelation 4: 11

Now, it's the week before Christmas, but I've truly procrastinated on Christmas preparation this year.

Our Advent wrath is out, but I've not been consistent doing Advent devotion with the kids. In fact, we only did it twice.
Our Christmas tree was up last weekend and was not decorated till today.
Kids Christmas picture? Taken today.
Greeting cards? Ordered tonight and probably won't be in before Christmas even with upgraded shipping.
Oh, Christmas lights are still in garage.

Here's what we did today. Decorating the tree, kids making a gingerbread house, Daniel taking pictures of hummingbird in the back yard, and a shopping trip with 3 stops. Oh, school is not totally out yet. We did do Bible, a little bit math, and reading.