Merry Christmas!!

My beloved childhood piano teacher sent us a Christmas card with the following poem. I have always loved this particular carol and I would like to share it with you sweet friends.

Christmas Bells

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1863

at the height of the Civil War

(five verses)

I heard the bells on Christmas day

Their old familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along

The unbroken song

Of Peace on Earth Good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent

The hearth-stones of a continent,

And made forlorn

The households born

Of peace on Earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;

"There is no peace on earth," I said;

"For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

The Wrong shall fail,

The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good will to men."

Through all the noise and uncertainty of your life, May the bells of hope ring loudly through for you this year!

God Bless and Merry CHRISTmas to you all!!

Meredith

Just for Fun Friday

A week later.........Don't you love it when......

......Your mom goes to the grocery store and asks the staff where the "mad cow" cheese would be..........

Happy Friday!!:)

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

Just for Fun Friday

Don't you love it when......

....You've been working on the bank all day planting shrubbery and when you go to get in the shower, you notice a little spidery friend hanging from your elbow....HOW LONG has he been THERE???

.....You have just cleaned and vacuumed your carpet and your dog comes barreling through the door, only to leave dirty mud colored footprints?!!

....Your hosts graciously set out a vegetable and dip tray and before you can stop him your child bites his carrot and then plummets it back into the ranch dip.....(slo mo camera of mommy running across the room.....ooooohhhhh noooooooo......too late, no one SEEMS to mind)

.....Your 'hang around the house' pants don't fit very well due to weight loss:) and when you sit in the floor to clean out the bottom bookcases you feel a little hand pull back your underpants and a little child's voice say "teetee?".....(No honey, no teetee diaper on this mommy, but thanks for checking)

These funnies are a repeat of some others that I posted earlier this year. To read those funnies

click here.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Prov. 17:22