All I Want For Christmas

Perhaps you grew up in an era when a little song made its debut in 1944 called, "All I Want for Christmas Is my Two Front Teeth." It was written by a music teacher named Donald Yetter Gardner in a public school in Smithtown, New York. 

I won't go into why he wrote it here, but if you would like to read about it, you can find it on Wikipedia.

The year 1944 was a few years before my time. However, I remember singing this when I was very young. 

Now that I am much (much, much...) older, the things I want are more important than the baby teeth I had lost as a child, that this song is about.

One of my greatest wishes for Christmas this year is that my adult son would call me. He has not spoken to his father or me in several painful years and refuses to have anything to do with us. 

But as the following letter I found on Pinterest explains, he does not realize the bond he and I had when he was born and a little tyke, was so strong, but I don't think he remembers that. Somehow, life happened and stole those precious years away. 

Perhaps life stole your child away as well. Maybe even through death. Perhaps your greatest wish this year would be to have them call you on Christmas Day. Perhaps they can't. Or won't. 

There are situations in this life that we have to leave to the Lord. For me, this is one of them.  I can still cry, and I still do. But I can hope, and I still do. In the meantime I know this:

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

For now, all I can do about it is trust Jesus, because he knows this situation even much better than I do. And I know it is in his hands. 

Thanks for coming by, Friends. Have a blessed day!