Missing You This Christmas

Gazing at Christmas lights has been one of Sawyer's many recent accomplishments. But on one cool night before going to bed, he seemed to focus in on something just behind the twinkling lights. Four faces captured his attention and, if he was able to communicate with words, we know he would have been saying "MaMa, Grandma B, Grandpa, and Papa, I love you and am missing you this Christmas!"

And our response would have been, "We know it's hard Sawyer. We miss them too. But do you remember the story from the Bible that we read today? Christmas is the story of leaving home so that others can find
their way back home! We are away from home, but us being away from family helps other people NOT be away from Jesus. Jesus said, "It was for this reason that I was born into the world." He had to leave his home and Daddy just for us! So no matter where our family lives, although we are away from them, Jesus is with us and we will NEVER say to Jesus..."Missing you this Christmas!"