Christmas Treasures

As I began to unpack the

Christmas boxes

I found myself pondering

many of the memories that are tied to

our Christmas treasures.

(Slowed me down for a while)

As I pondered, I found that many of these

memories filled my heart with

comfort, joy and even a giggle or two!

So, I thought I might show you a few

and tell you some of the stories behind

my Christmas treasures!

Twenty three years ago

the cute engineer received temporary orders

to New London CT.

We knew we would only be there three months

so, we did not move all of our things.

We rented a very cute little house

that was furnished with a bit of this

and a bit of that.

One day during the holiday season

the cute engineer came home with

four, three piece place settings of

Christmas dishes.

I was giddy.

Since then he has added to this collection

every Christmas.

One year he was on a trip to the UK

and hand carried this

beautiful covered veggie dish back.

I can still see his shy grin as he

gave the girls their gifts

and then pulled

out mine.

All three of us were delighted with each of our gifts

and thought

(still do) that he had hung the moon.

I do cherish these dishes not because

I have beautiful Christmas dishes

but because

they came from the heart

of a man who has walked beside me

for more than half my life.

More Christmas treasures to come

Have a lovely evening!

~Nancy~