Caught Up in the Last Minute Craziness?

I am.Most are.Preparing for Christmas while trying take care of our families,our homes and some of us, our sick children.Overwhelmed by the daunting task of making Christmas "just perfect".Right before I was getting ready to head out,finish up shopping and get down to my baby girl,Jessica showed me this.I paused and decided it was just the thing to post today.For the last 2 years we have tried to cut back and we decided to start a bit of a tradition.We decided to begin with Jess,the oldest,and have her pick an organization or something near and dear to her,to donate to .She chose Invisible Children.Please check this site out.It is amazing.The next year was Caitlins turn.She picked the Down Home Ranch.Again,a great place to donate to and one I encourage you to learn more about.This year,before Christmas we tried to give a little early.We found a few families that were starting journey's to adopt through Reese's Rainbow and we were compelled to do what we could.Taylor is up this year.We have a few ideas but ultimately,her decision.I ordinarily wouldn't feel the need to share,not wanting to come off as "look at us" but I felt maybe,in the spirit of the season and in light of this video to share our new little Christmas tradition.I felt also the need to take a moment and pause and be reminded that the only thing that can be and is perfect about this season ,is one small child that came to us,over 2000 years ago to show us the way,the truth and the light. *Pause my blog music at the bottom if you want to hear the music that goes along with the video, although it is the written words in this case, that is most important.