Merry Christmas from Karen and I!
We had a wonderfully relaxing day. Xavier got us up by 9 am so I made Karen coffee (I am not drinking coffee right now but she loves it) and Karen found the Disney Christmas Parade. That was fun to watch.
I did not have any episodes longer than 3 seconds all day, but Karen was there to catch the turkey when I unwrapped it, just in case. I cut it up and covered it with old bay, dried parsley, sea salt and pepper and chopped onions and carrots. I also added a box of organic chicken broth. We let it slow cook all day.
We did a load of laundry…meaning I started but had a moment of extreme exhaustion and fell asleep so Karen finished. Xavier’s Christmas present to us was throwing up on our blankets while we were at the hospital. He is so sensitive and my episodes upset him so I wasn’t surprised. We were so exhausted we threw them in the hamper and turned the heat up. Luckily we had a few throw blankets handy…it was too much to wash them on Christmas Eve…
Karen was gifted with free range of the remote. I don’t like tv as much as she does and living in such a small space creates opportunity for compromise a lot.
When it got dark I made hot chocolate in our to go cups and we went to look at lights. Karen has worked so much and I have had so many medical issues, we had not made time. The gentle snow made the ambiance very beautiful.
The turkey was waiting for us when we returned and a sleepy Xavier who was thankful we were only gone for an hour or two. I enjoyed the broth and was able to chew the meat and even some soft Christmas candy.
We don’t have all our things with us, including our DVD player and Christmas movies. I was frustrated that all our streaming apps didn’t have many classic movies. Amazon had them but you had to rent them…luckily searching cable we found many of our favorites. I never did find Miracle on 34th Street. The one with Maureen O’Hara is my favorite but I couldn’t find that, however Tubi had the version they did before that. We enjoyed that while snuggling under our freshly washed blankets. Tomorrow we will watch A Christmas Carol with George C Scott, my favorite version.
We had planned to go to Jamie’s for Christmas but I changed plans as my issues with trigeminal neuralgia progressed. We missed her but we chatted via Messenger and will have a nice dinner together when I am in remission and know I will be able to talk with her and chew my food without stress.
I am happy with our quiet day. I have been having memories of stressful holidays past. Because I want to heal and because many people are not in my life, even though I love and respect aspects of their personalities, I have been praying for these people. I have asked God to heal them and me, asked Him to help me forgive in case I haven’t, and asked for blessings for us all. He is good at listening and I know He is working in all His children.
Bless you and Happy Jesus’ Birthday!
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Do you know Jesus? Do want the Holy Spirit to fill you and give you understanding and salvation? Ask Him. Want someone to pray with you? Contact me.
If you would like to know Jesus as your friend, but want to make this amazing commitment by yourself please pray something like this:
Thank you Jesus that You are the Son of God, the God that created heaven and earth. Thank you Jesus that You came to earth in the form of a man so that You would be able to empathize with my humanity. Thank You that You did this in order to fulfill the promises You made at the foundation of the world.
I realize that I am a sinner and do things that hurt myself and keep myself away from you. Thank You that You died for my sins so that You could defeat death and bring me into Your life. Please forgive me.
I ask You to be Lord of my life. I ask you to heal my hurts and show me what my new life, empowered by You looks like. Thank You for Your mercy.
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