a letter to my dearest

my dearest,
♥
it is almost the end of the season, the new year is just around the bend.  in the midst of all the celebrations, the busy, and the beautiful, the happy and the hard. . .

i just wanted to lean close to whisper today:
♥
i am so grateful and pleased for you.  you are a gift, not just this festive season and time of year but always, too.

i am thankful for your strengths, the weaknesses.  (tho my heart is crushed when i see you cry), your skills and talents, the ways you serve and give and get hurt.

i am thankful for the purpose you have and that only you can fulfill, and the reason why you are in this world, that you have come to know and live.

i am thankful that this year you have gotten through the tough times and embraced lots of the joys, too.  it takes grace to know what joys are, never mind happiness.  bwahahaha!  and you had heaps of grace your way.

so, please, take a moment and just lean back and let it soak in that you are loved!
close your eyes.  take a sip of that cold mochafrap that you so love, well, also for the stickers that come with it.  bwahahaha!
think about the wonder at the manger because He will never stop pursuing your heart.  i will never stop, too.

i am so glad that the journey you are on, had led you right here this year.  and i pray also next year.

warm hugs and kisses,
xoxo

ps.  ilysm.  i know you know it.  ♥ ♥ ♥