Too Much Goin' On...

Do you ever find yourself wondering how you'll ever get it all done before that big and special day, December 25? Do you wonder why in the midst of it all you're racing through your home moving furniture and emptying out a room because in one impulsive yet opportune moment you decide to rip up your carpet to see what shape your hardwood floors are underneath? Why would you do that when you just held a 65th anniversary celebration for your parents and you don't have the crystal put away yet? And the desperately needed monthly housekeeper is on her way and you realize it's almost December 25 and you need to give her a gift. Then you remember you're emceeing the company "end of year celebration" aka Holiday or Christmas Party--and you're wondering how to avoid the politically incorrect! And oh, by the way, your daughter could go into labor at ANY moment which means you've got to get your "Grandparent-Will-Travel" bags packed! Not to mention, you've got to get to work by 8:00 and you really want to download pictures from the most blessed event of a twin brother's first grandchild coming into the world already one week ago! Yes, there's chaos now reigning in my home thanks to my own "heaping it on" mentality and lifestyle--but wait...in the midst of it all there was a moment...a moment when there wasn't "Too Much Goin' On" when we stopped and prayed--we stopped carting it all out of the bedroom, stopped folding clothes and putting away the crystal--and listened to the poetry of a dear friend and grieving widow and mother who writes about a starry, winter night, when Jesus was born amidst all the chaos.

May the peace in our hearts in the midst of self-induced chaos remind us that, yes, there's "Too Much Goin' On" when you can't take time to listen, to care, to give. It's time, my loves, it's time!

Happy Grandparents!
Who would ever have thought--Accompanying my son...pretty blessed moment!
65 Years of Living and Loving!