Liz's Letters

Looking forward to what 2010 will bring! Wishing you God's endless blessings, joy, and prosperity! (LRN....I know you are reading...143)

Through love, through friendship, A heart lives more than one life. ~Anais Nin Yes, this is true. My heart has been through a few lifetimes already. Meloncholly.

Christmas week! Preparations begin for Adam and Thien's arrival and for the Christmas celebration. First, I had to finish the second project that I worked on... a blanket for Aaron to use in his apartment. Not quite as time consuming as the quilt for Josh, but full of love and warmth! Monday, December 21 I finished the fleece blanket for Aaron. Tuesday, December 22 Adam and Thien arrived safe from Washington DC. There had been a huge snowstorm that closed the airport in DC just days before, but they made it on time to Texas! Yay! Homecoming dinner Video gaming.... Wednesday, December 23 We went to the Korean market and the Vietnamese market to buy the ingredients for Pho'. While we were there, Adam asked Thien if she would make her kim-chi soup for lunch. She agreed. Boy, oh, boy, was it ever good! Somehow it has happened that my entire family loves authentic Asian cuisine. Thursday, December 24 I decided that I would try to make homemade beef Pho' for our Christmas eve din...

My house is busy this week. My son and his girlfriend are here from DC, my mom has come and gone, friends are popping in and out of the house...and the cooking and cleaning never ends! So, this morning when I woke, it was quiet. All the house was asleep. I jumped at the chance to get up, fix my coffee, and spend some quality time with God. Ignoring the dishes that needed to be unloaded from the dishwasher and the sheets that needed to be folded from the dryer, I made my way to the place where I meet Him most mornings. Cup of coffee in hand, tissues in the other...I knew I had some serious talking to do. I spent a little time reading notes in my devotional book-My Utmost For His Highest. Some time before today, I had made a little star on the page for today's reading. This is my way of marking a lesson that God had taught me, so I flipped to the back of the book to read what it had been. The words that I read were these: "Our battles are first won or lost in the secr...

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Today is finally here. My son and his girlfriend are scheduled to arrive for their holiday visit. We only see them a couple of times a year since they live in Virginia and we live in Texas. And every time they come, I am just as excited as the time before. I ready the house by cleaning, shopping, buying all their favorite foods and thinking of all the fun things that we can do while we are all together. Christmas is the best, though. Adam (my son) seems to enjoy holiday traditions as much as I do and it is fun to introduce his girlfriend, Thien, to our fun little family practices around the holidays. But as I wait today, I think about what God must feel like when He waits. When I am too busy doing the hustle and bustle of what I call life, when I move away from Him and don’t visit with Him as often as He would like. Especially, during this season, as we are celebrating the gift He gave us – Jesus – and then we get too busy to even talk to Him. Does He eagerly wait, like I wait for Adam...

What a week! Monday, December 14 After work today, I made candy for 16 people at work (gifts for doctors, and nurses), prepared a stew for the crock pot (my dad & his wife are coming for dinner tomorrow - to visit and watch Rebecca's band concert), and I worked on "the project" which can now be revealed. Rebecca made her boyfriend a quilt for Christmas. She needed help though, as she has never sewn a stitch of any sort before! Tuesday, December 15 Christmas party at work, just my department. This is some of us lining up to get our breakfast! It was potluck and it was wonderful! And we exchanged gifts.... Then we assembled goodie-trays for the doctors and nurses we work for. Tuesday night - dinner with my dad and Glena, then the Holiday concert at the High School. Here are Rebecca and Josh. Wednesday, December 16 Rebecca and I have been working fervently on the quilt she is making for Josh. This is the assembly. It is all sewn together.... Snipping the edges to ...