This holiday season was beyond anything we deserve. I have to say, Anne Elise made it all very special to us and our families. This girl got spoiled by so many, and was quite a trooper as we spent a lot of time on the road.
Forgiveness has been something heavy on my heart the last few weeks as I have been reading the book "Amish Grace." Long story short, it is about the Amish school in Nickel Mines where 5 young girls were killed, and the Amish families extended grace and forgiveness. The book goes on to tell of many other horrors among their community, and how they so graciously extended a caring and forgiving heart to those who wronged them. During the holiday season, we must remember why we are able to forgive. It was a Savior who was born, to come to live among us, and offer us forgiveness. The Amish believe that if we do not offer forgiveness, we can't expect for it to be offered to us by our Savior. I'm not going to go into theology here, but I do believe because we are offered such a beautiful sacrifice of forgiveness, we to must forgive even when it is hard. I can think of many grudges I hold deep that I am striving to let go of and receive peace. I pray we all will find forgiveness in our heart.
The Wood family is always on the move and change is coming our way. We have started a house hunt in our future town of Waynesboro, and I am slowly trying to 
clean out and organize our home to be put on the market. Pulling out old memories has been so hard for me. I do not want to leave Tupelo or the many memories we have made in this home. This is our first house to purchase, the first place we lived as Mr. & Mrs. Wood, and the home where our first born was welcomed. It's going to be so hard to pack it all away. I feel a large lump in my throat and my eyes are getting cloudy just typing this all out. At the same time, I'm excited to see the many doors that the Lord has to open for us ahead.
clean out and organize our home to be put on the market. Pulling out old memories has been so hard for me. I do not want to leave Tupelo or the many memories we have made in this home. This is our first house to purchase, the first place we lived as Mr. & Mrs. Wood, and the home where our first born was welcomed. It's going to be so hard to pack it all away. I feel a large lump in my throat and my eyes are getting cloudy just typing this all out. At the same time, I'm excited to see the many doors that the Lord has to open for us ahead. Anne Elise is just rolling through the milestones. We are teething now; however, we haven't yet had that first tooth pop out. I know it will be soon, because the drool is pouring out by the gallons and she is gnawing on everything in sight. Whew! Never knew cutting a tooth would require so much energy from mommy as I am constantly rubbing gums, researching relief, and trying to take her mind off of it all. She also is rolling over in her crib nonstop. It's hard for me, because I have to get up and put her back to sleep now. There isn't much online research about tummy sleepers (yes, we broke a rule) who roll to their back. I don't know what I'm going to do with this little munchkin. She is growing too quickly for me. It may seem hard at times, but I'm counting my blessings each day. I am so blessed to have such a healthy beautiful child, and those who lost love ones and are watching family members as they try to recover are heavy on my heart. Please pray for the Wilson family as they are starting a long path to recovery after Laken's skiing accident recently. This is the link to her CaringBridge site http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lakenwilson Also, please keep the Staten family in your prayers as they deal with the loss of their sweet Sophie Grace. Many prayers are being offered for both of these families during this hard time.
I hope everyone had a great and joyous holiday. I hope you had many blessing, and I hope your family has a beautiful 2012.
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