It was an especially nice Christmas. I don't usually have the entire week off of work, but since the company announced a plant shutdown for the week, I made the best of it. Fortunately I had vacation available, and though I was planning to carry those days forward into next year, the time off was certainly no disappointment.
Tuesday night our oldest two grandsons slept over. They're each spending the remainder of the holidays with their respective "other parents," and we were beginning to think we wouldn't see them at all during the season. What a pleasant surprise. We braved the icy roads so they could visit with their new cousin for the first time, and we had a hoot playing with their new Nerf guns. On Christmas Day, the rest of the family came over for dinner. It was an unexpected blessing, as our youngest and oldest daughters hadn't been together with each other since, well, last Christmas.
After everyone left on Christmas night, mrs tg was ready to go visit with a friend. Having gotten about 5 hours of sleep between the midnight and Christmas morning Masses, I was more interested in a little quiet prayer time and an early retirement to bed. But when the phone rang with a very nice call from our goddaughter's family, I was elated to put my plans on hold. It was a wonderful telephonic reunion.
The quiet time with the Lord, praying by the light of the Christmas tree, was the perfect nightcap. And mrs tg received a treat when she got home and found her side of the bed toasty, as I (uncharacteristically) thought to heat her foot warmer and put it between the sheets before I settled in.
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