How blessed are we?

As I sit here on Boxing Day thinking about the life we have created together, my husband, my children, my extended family and my friends, I have to say how blessed are we?

We were never promised a long life, just the opportunity to create something beautiful every day.

We were never promised riches, yet residing within in each soul is the capacity to build wealth. This capacity may lay dorment for a lifetime, but it still remains. It is the gift of creativity, innovation and of hard work.

We were never promised popularity, yet if we are confident in who we are and remain humble in that confidence, it seems like bees to the honey, others are attracted to us.

How blessed are we when we can reach out our arms and draw someone we love close enough to breathe in the scent of them and to feel the warmth of their embrace touching our souls.

How blessed are we when our hearts are turned towards a God who has not forgotten us, who daily wants to wrap us in His love and shower us with presents, just like a loving father does at Christmas.

How blessed are we that we have life, love, and laughter adorning our tables at Christmas.

I feel so abundantly blessed this Christmas and I just had to shower all with the joy that this Christmas together has brought to my heart.