I just arrived back at my lovely home in Riverside after spending a week at my lovely home in Fresno.
I am a trifle bummed to leave behind my dear family.
(We decided to reinact an old photo. hardy har.)
However, I am extremely pleased to be back in my dear apartment.
front door
living room
computer (where i currently sit)
comfy couch-bed
me experiencing the joys of the comfy couch-bed
dining room
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Our apartment is very merry and comfortable.
So, if you are not a creeper, you should come hang out and experience some yule tide merriment. Capisce?
i heart Uncle Jesse.
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As you have probably already observed, 360-something days have passed and, once again… tis the season.
For some - tis the season to be jolly, for others - tis the season to be greedy, and still for others - tis the season to be some where in between.
We can choose to be many things this Christmas season... thankful, annoyed, giving, stressed out, excited, indulgent... & whatever else.
To the few who will not succumb to the commercial and cultural traditions of America’s Christmas but instead adopt an actual attitude of gratefulness to God for taking on the form of man in order to suffer and die for our souls, I commend you.
Why should this be, even in the smallest way, at all about us?
If we are going to do Christmas under the banner of “celebrating Jesus' birth” then I’d like to know why we do not simply celebrate Jesus' birth and leave it at that.
Giving and receiving is totally sweet and all, I’m just having trouble making the connection between the gifts/shopping/wrapping/getting and Jesus.
Eh, I don't know. I will think about this some more.
Love,
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