No, I’m not talking about a hangover that lasted all day. Unless maybe you call it some kind of Christmas hangover. I just meant there were some things that happen merely because it is the day after Christmas. For us that meant a quick trip over to WalMart to check out the Day After Sales. You never know what kind of great Christmas stuff bargains you may run into. Or in this case what kind of great people you may see. Oh, picked up a few things here and there, and we grinned from beneath the confines of the ever-present mask (although it was still a lot of fun to assure people that I was smiling underneath mine. Lots and lots of happy people hiding under there). But always a highlight to run into a Seasider. We saw Charlette and her daughter. Rather they saw us, picking through one remnant aisle. We chatted for a few minutes. She made it a point to say that she really loved Cailyn and her “free spirit.” I think she sees a little of her own free spirit budding within Cailyn. As we parted ways, I offered a particularly great deal to her, but she turned me down. It was an entire package of candy eyeballs. Probably left over from Halloween. Oh, well. Maybe someone will see its potential.
The
other big happening of the Day After: 2020 Edition? Josh and his family arrived from Waco. And of course, because of the miracle of
modern technology (And two grandsons about the same age who were in
text-munication with each other), Kel’s family arrived shortly thereafter. That meant an afternoon of video games and
air soft gun trial run shooting. They are
anticipating a full-on battle royale at some point. Kel himself made it over when he got off
work. Nathan and his family were celebrating
with April’s family.
Today
will be our actual Family Christmas Day.
After church everybody will descend upon the house once again, and we will
start the Christmas extravaganza in earnest.
Here we go …
Ephesians
6:11 says, “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can stand against the
devil’s schemes.”
Father,
thank you for safe journeys from Waco for Josh and his crew. And thank you for the amazing family you
blessed us with. Amen.
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