The Real Meaning of Christmas

I’m not scrooge. I have three nieces who are 20, 21, & 21. For most of their lives I have bought them Christmas and random gifts. But they now have a child each of their own. So imagine when they asked, what are you getting me for Christmas and I responded, nothing. I am getting your kids something but the minute you had your babies you became women. They actually got mad. Christmas for me is about joy, families, acknowledging your blessings, Christ and yes I do purchase gifts for children. But once you have a child, your stuff is passed on. If I didn’t do it this way, imagine how many gifts I would be buying year after year.

A Miracle

Someone sent this to me. I wanted to share it during this holiday season.


'Friends are God's way of taking care of us..'

This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician:

I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd. , and the car started to choke and splutter and die - I barely managed to coast into a gas station, glad only that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck. It wouldn't even turn over... Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the quickie mart building, and it looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a gas pump, so I got out to see if she was okay.

When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked really haggard with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up,and I picked it up to give it to her.. It was a nickel.

At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump reading $4.95..

I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying 'I don't want my kids to see me crying! ,'so we stood on the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard for her right now. So I asked, 'And you were praying?' That made her back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy person and said, 'He heard you, and He sent me.'

I took out my card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her car completely, and while it was fueling, walked to the next door McDonald's and bought 2 big bags of food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the kids in the car, who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.

She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City Her boyfriend left 2 months ago and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan. 1, and finally, in desperation, had called her parents, with whom she had not spoken in about 5
years. They lived in California and said she could come live with them and try to get on her feet there.

So she packed up everything she owned in the car. She told the kids they were going to California for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there. I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, 'So, are you like an angel or something?'

This definitely made me cry. I said, 'Sweetie, at this time of year angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people.' It was so incredible to be a part of someone
else's mira cle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. I'll put it in the shop tomorrow to check, but I suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong.

Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter of their wings...

Psalms 55:22 ' Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.'

Dead at 26

This is getting Crazy............

I don't know what is going but these women are fighting back in the worst way. No one knows what happened in the Chris Henry's situation but one thing is certain his family will never be the same again. Apparently, his fiancee was driving a truck that he jumped on the back of after they had some type of domestic dispute. He felled off the truck, and died. So now his children are fatherless, his fiancee may have to answer to the law or God for what happened.

People are saying these huge sports figure need to be careful about the women they are dating because they are killing them or coming out and telling their secrets. But really I think that this is all so crazy it is hard to say anything. All I know is a young, 26 year old football player who seemingly had a good life ahead of him is now dead at the hands of a person who was supposed to be in love with him. This is crazy............

Christmas Tree in a Pot

Okay it is a unique idea I think. A young teen decorated this small tree for her granny. She put it into a planter with dirt and all. She was so proud. Her granny loves it. I told the pre-teen it is such a unique idea. It made me smile. I kept thinking a Christmas Tree in a Pot. I see why her granny loved it. She knew that her granddaughter did it in love. Isn't that what Christmas is about?

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Do you have the Christmas Spirit?

Are you looking forward to Christmas? Have you put up the Christmas tree and all the trimmings? I haven't. I feel a little bad about doing so with so many people suffering. I'm thinking about it but not having small kids, I just haven't felt the Christmas tree and trinkets thingy.

Do you have the Christmas Spirit?

The Women Just Keep Coming

I remember when my mother told me about her brother and that he had a white liver. She often talked about his sexual escapades and how he always told anyone who would listen that he could not get enough of sex. Mom told me that in the old days they called people who wanted sex all the time, a person suffering from white liver.

In college I heard about women who wanted it all the time. They were the ones that the guys talked about and passed around. It was said that these women were nymphomaniacs. They could not get enough of sex. Actually, I met two women who admitted they needed it no less than three times daily but could do it more times if they could find someone who could go the distant.

Then I found out that a relative suffered from it. Ultimately his wife left because she said she could not hang with the constant requests to engage in sex, sometimes three to four times a day, seven days a week.

Then I saw the movie on Lifetime. It was about a man who had a sexual addiction. Next we heard about Hallie Berry’s husband, Eric Bennett and then about Usher, and so on and so on…….

These people claimed to suffer from a sexual addiction problem. Do I believe them? Yes I do. I know now of too many people who suffers from this. I told a friend that if we could match a nymphomaniac with a man with a white liver- the problem would be solved or else they would die loving each other.

Does Tiger suffer from this? Or is being a billionaire giving him the red light to bed as many women as he can? One thing is for sure, if I were his wife, I would never trust him. Actually, I would take the money and leave. I heard that you could be cured of sexual addiction. I’m not sure. But with diseases on the rampant, and a man I could not trust- loving him might not be worth giving my life to a man, who wasn’t thinking about me when he was laying down with so many others. I wonder how he feels with the truth coming out about him. To cure Tiger maybe I can introduce him to the person I know. Oh no, that wouldn’t work....she is not his type.

What's the Difference?

I've heard people complaining that Tiger's wife Elin did not get arrested for domestic violence. Supposedly she beat him to a crisp for stepping out on her while Chris did the same to Rhianna and got 5 years probation, etc. Is there a difference in the two cases here? Neither women pressed charges but one man was convicted. What is this saying? Does white people in general get away with stuff while blacks get their hands smacked for everything. Don't get me wrong domestic violence is wrong....but in Tiger's case- I kinda think his wife should have beat his butt for being unfaithful and not the man she thought he was. What do you say?