Christmas Time Is Family Time

There is nothing quite like the love and connection of a securely rooted family and with the holidays in full swing I'm experiencing that bond with my own family.

My husband and I have been blessed to have our nephew from California staying with us since about a week before Thanksgiving. We are enjoying him immensely and it's amazing to see how family traditions during the holiday season pulls families even closer.

It began when I started decorating the house for Christimas. In our Christmas decorations was one of our family traditions, a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Over the next few weeks as we worked on the puzzle together, we talked, laughed, and shared many stories of giving to others.

There was one evening in particular that really stood out amongst all the others. That evening he shared his favorite family tradition of taking blankets, coats, hats, and brown sack lunches to the homeless people in downtown San Diego. The sparkle in his eyes of how good it felt to be giving warmed my heart and it revealed the true reason of this holiday season...

...THE GIFT OF LOVE!