A birth is coming

I could choose to remember many Christmas times from the past but I choose to remember Mom on this day.  The picture is of a seat saver that she made and gave to cousin Ruth.  Ruth moved to a home where she is very limited in what she could bring so her daughter sent this to me.  It is a treasure for sure.  I put the $5 bill so one can see the size.  Mom loved Christmas and with so little means to make  the season special she did it with love and work.  From the church Christmas program to the lefsa to so much more she made the season each year one to remember forever.  If Mom were living today she would be 106.
Terry and I will have a low key Christmas.  We will take in church services tomorrow and then come home to a few presents and a meal of cream potatoes and ham.  On Christmas day we will enjoy the leftover cream potatoes and a standing rib roast.  No lutifisk for us.  In spite of what my wonderful Terry would say there were years when the lutifisk was very good and then times when it was not so great!  Dave still makes Grandma Lee's sweet soup BUT for me I will say "no thank you"!  It is beyond my reasoning to know how one can like something with raises, prunes etc in!!!
This is only important to me but I have been off the tennis court since last Wednesday.  I ice, soak and wrap my left hamstring muscle more than once a day and it is getting much better.  I MAY get on the court next Friday.  As I said it is only important to me but for me it is REALLY important!
I remain in the mind set that Christmas is all about cold weather and snow so here as I enjoy 80 degree temps Christmas is real but only to a point!
IF there are people who read this (why) I wish you a very merry Christmas and a truly blessed 2018.  May the new year bring you blessings and a renewed faith that shows to all whom you meet.