I heard a Christmas song yesterday and it felt like I was right back in the car with my dad and sister on our drive home from our Christmas retreat. It was a few short days until Christmas, and we could tell it was all hustle and bustle, while we were on our silent weekend retreat preparing our hearts, minds and souls for Christmas.
On that drive home, it felt like we usually had the radio on playing regular and classic Christmas songs. It was an exciting time to come home from being spiritually renewed, and also ready to start our break and finish up Christmas shopping. To come home to our mom was decked out in Christmas cookie dough and wrapping paper, and it wasn't long before Christmas Eve and Mass.
I have distinct and special memories since we did that for many years, throughout our high school and college days. And to experience that together and become ready the last few days of Advent and ready and awake for Christmas, Jesus' birth was a beautiful thing.
So special, sis!! What a tender memory.
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