Today is the third Sunday of Advent. The Sunday of Joy! This is the song you would hear if you came to church with me.
It’s hard to feel joy today. We buried Colin’s Mom yesterday. It was such a sudden, unexpected shock, we’re all kind of numb today. I know we should feel joy. It’s like Colin says ‘if Mom doesn’t get into Heaven, there’s no hope for any of us’. So we will try to celebrate with joy this Sunday. It’s what Mom would have wanted.
At Home With Us 
I am so sorry for your loss.
It must be very hard…
Blessings for your family. How is Ella doing?
She’s doing ok, you know how kids are. Daddy needed to sleep today so we asked Grandma to keep her today too. My girl is coming home tomorrow.
I was so sorry to hear of your loss Paula. My Uncle Paul was telling us of all the work that she did in the church and how she will be missed by many in the community/church when he was at our family Christmas on Saturday. The next year will be hard on your father-in-law and your family. My dad passed away a little over a year ago and it was hard for that first year. I hope you are still able to hold onto some Christmas cheer this holiday season.
We’re trying hard. We convinced Dad to keep up the decorations. Mom loved Christmas so much, it’s what she would have wanted. Elizabeth and I are still planning on having Christmas day supper over there. Neither of us have a big enough kitchen and it will be better than Dad sitting there alone.
There will be a giant hole in the community. Mom was a ‘behind the scenes’ kind of powerhouse and I’m not sure many people realized just how much she did.