Bits and Pieces of Our Days

There was an Ugly Sweater Event at school so Ramona made Atticus something to wear:

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Finished reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever with Ramona. My girls noted that this was the first year I've ever gotten through it without crying. Am I cold? Hardened? Have I read it too many times? Have I lost my touch? 

Or was I finally just really good at hiding the fact that I was tearing up? 

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We went to see The Force Awakens yesterday. 

I am not ready to talk about it but I have, oh, so much to say.
(If you mention it in the comments, please be sure to give spoiler alerts for anyone who hasn't seen it!) 

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Advent has flown by, as it always does. (Advent flies, Lent crawls....) In some ways it feels like Christmas has been sneaking up on me this year, but that's okay. Every Advent has its own flavor, and no matter what I do to prepare, I can never fully prepare for or grasp the reality that Jesus became Man for me. But He did. And so we wait, we watch. We anticipate. O Come, Emmanuel! Soon, and very soon!