STARS THAT TWINKLE AND SHINE...

In my WHOLE, ENTIRE life I have never had Christmas lights on my house. EVER. My dad really didn't love the idea of putting them up in the cold and my mom never pushed the issue. I just always wished we had them. I remember riding on Sunday nights to my grandma's house during the holidays and my sisters and I would look out the windows counting the number of houses with lights we had on our side of the car. Most of all, we loved the lights that twinkled.

I live in a house now. In fact, for quite a few years it has been the only house on our street WITHOUT Christmas lights. Quite the embarrassment, huh? But, I had no ladder and really no idea how to put up lights. I just WISHED I could have them up.

Today a miracle happened! As I was driving home from school, after a LONG day of Parent Teacher Conferences, I noticed lights on a house on my street. As we got closer I SCREAMED. LOUD and A LOT! The lights were on my house!! And not only were there colorful lights, but there were hanging snowflakes (STARS) that twinkle. I could not believe it. My house was THE ONLY house on the street with lights. I couldn't stop looking at them. In fact, I laid on my couch in the dark and just watched the STARS twinkle. What a great surprise. What a great gift. Thank you Mark and Lisa for making my Christmas WISHES come true. I love this time of year!