Christmas Blessings

Our Christmas was great, I pray yours was too. In recent years Christmas has been an eventful day for our family. We are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for! Rather than running down the list of gifts that we all received, I thought I’d list some of our many blessings.

• Christmas 2001 – Lance, Riley (then 7 months old) and I were involved in a horrible car accident involving a fatality and Life Flight. We were injured but now are mended, we approach life with new perspective and appreciation.
• Christmas 2003 – Owen Pace Foster was born – Ask Owen whose birthday it is on Christmas and he replies, “Jesus.” You have to prompt him with, “Who else?” before he replies, “Me.”
• After following many of the children online who are fighting childhood cancer, I have a great appreciation for my children’s health and all our health and the ‘normalcy’ in my life.
• After more surgery earlier this year, my Dad is again cancer-free.
• My employment at Norfolk Southern – an employer who has been very understanding of my requirements as a Mom as well as an employee.
• Our new home in Locust Grove – going on 2 years there now, I guess it’s not so new anymore but we are very grateful for the house and the property it sits on.
• Our home in Rex is no longer “our” home. It sold in August ’07.
• Lance is an excellent father and we can afford the fortune of him being able to stay home during the day with our boys.
• Steve and Jackie celebrated 40 years of marriage in November ’07.
• My parents celebrated 40 years of marriage in December ’06.
• Robert and Ann (Lance’s grandparents) celebrated 60 years of marriage earlier this year.
• Robert remains cancer-free.
• Both mine and Lance’s siblings are all married to Christian spouses and raising their families in Christian homes
• I serve a Mighty God who loves me and sent us the most precious gift in his Son, Jesus. He is a God of Peace and of Love. And he sent his son to die for my sins. How awesome is that??!!

These are the “biggies” but there are so many more. We are so blessed and I am so grateful!