How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Everything was well planned. Christmas eve, all the gifts were wrapped, under the tree, gifts for family members who would be at my house Christmas day were sitting in a row, my ham was prepared to be put in the oven early Christmas morning, the rest of my family all had their treasures ready to bring over and they all had their assigned food dishes ready. HOWEVER.......at 12:30 am Christmas morning, I start feeling queezy. By 1:30, I was hovering over the commode, sick as sick could be, fever of 100, chills. By 11:00 am, I was worse. So I called my mom, told her the bad news so she could pass it on. Yep.....no one came over, ham stayed in the fridge, Crazy Christmas gifts sat for days on the mantle and I moaned and groaned in bed for three days. I already wasn't feeling good, since I had just had sinus surgery a week before Christmas, and this, whatever it was, just consumed me. I laid in bed feeling bad about the whole thing and thinking about the story "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". That's exactly how everyone looked at it. The Grinch definitely stole our Christmas. After about three days, I started feeling a bit better. I started thinking about how I focused so much on "how the grinch stole Christmas",

realizing how blessed I really am. I should have been thanking God for taking care of me during the sinus surgery. It was more serious than anyone realized, even the doctor. I should have been thanking God for my family and how wonderful they all are. I should have been thinking of all the help I had taking care of daily chores and thanking God for the help, along with my wonderful husband who made sure I had what I needed. I sat and thought about all the wonderful things in my life. So what? I got sick for three days, right through Christmas. I lived through it. I should have been thinking more about how wonderfully healthy I had been for so many years. After mentally scolding myself, I thanked God for loving me and always being there for me. I have a good life and I need to remember that. It's not always going to be a "perfect" life, but rest assured, thank God I came to my senses and realized.......

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