My View...

This is the way I get to see my husband during the month of December.  Oh, every now and then he'll spin the chair around, but basically, that it.  He has a nice head of hair.  Broad shoulders. He comes to bed around 2 am and gets up by 6 am.  So I don't see him there. He kisses me good morning when he sets a Diet Coke on my bedside table.

We run an Etsy business and the holiday shopping really slams us.  That's the reason we celebrate Christmas in January.  And that's fine.  I really do look forward to seeing him again, though.  I'll leave you with a note we received, last night.  We're so tired and people can be so grumpy- mostly because they ordered last minute and they expect the moon. But sometimes you have a customer who makes it all worthwhile.

 I cannot begin to thank you enough for the PERFECT key chains! And what a special blessing to open the package and find Bill's note with the "extra" key chain. I will write and post a review as soon as I can settle my emotions enough to write one that might make sense. 

The handwriting was my brother's and was taken from the last note he wrote me. He faithfully served our Lord and Savior while suffering from an inoperable brain tumor - and the note he wrote me was a plea to make sure my children, niece and nephew always remember how much he loved them, but more importantly how much he loved God - even in the midst of unmentionable physical suffering. My brother passed away November 14, 2017. 

My parents cared for my brother every single day of the last seven years of his life. My sister and I helped as much as we could, but most of the care fell to my parents. The key chains are Christmas gifts for them and my sister. I started to order one for myself, but decided to wait and ask my husband to get it for my birthday as we try hard to stay on budget at Christmas - our belief is being present is much more important than getting presents. I will admit, I was sad when I opened the first envelope and saw the wonderful key chain...and my brother's distinctive "I love you" with his circled M signature. 

I selfishly wanted one and regretted not going ahead and ordering one for myself, My husband saw the tears and asked me if there was something wrong with the order...and I had to fess up and tell him I was just being selfish and wanting one for myself. He had already counted envelopes and couldn't understand why I was upset; after all there were 4 key chains! I told him I only ordered 3...and that's when I looked at the packing slip and saw the note. The tears came in buckets upon reading your note and realizing God has used you to bless me in such an incredibly special way!!

 You all have made this Christmas extra special! We are already thinking of what we can order from you next.

God bless and Merry Christmas,