Redemption

Sweet sweet redemption. As soon as I complain about the making of memories something wonderful happened. I got the nativity's out. We have a childrens nativity set that I placed on the coffee table and we went over all the pieces, who they are, and what they meant. She has more fun putting all the animals into a corral made out of her sisters headband but the message is there and she knows that it's the Baby Jesus. We also got out the "good" nativity set. It's a Willow Tree set and I love it! I again went over all the people this time but since we had just done the childrens set I let her say the names and tell me what I had just gone over with her. It was very sweet and very much a memory. I don't think it is by chance that the tides changed when we brought Baby Jesus out. After all, he is the reason for the season. I think next year I will be getting the nativity out before the tree. And, I'm sure that the holiday season will be off with a better kick knowing that we have the focus in the right place.