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We do have a wee bit of snow on the ground that will melt during the day, but nothing like this. This was taken last year and it remains the perfect photo for the holiday.

Don and I want to wish everyone who reads this blog a Merry Christmas. Thank you for taking time to read the posts, leave comments, cheer us on, and thank you for being there when we needed support during tough times. As the writer of this blog, I can’t begin to tell you how much you all mean to me. I thank you with all my heart.

This Christmas, I pray for all those who are feeling alone, who are scared, who are ill, who are grieving, who are lost. I pray for those who live in war zones, who live in fear. I pray for all those who have suffered loss due to natural disasters that have changed their lives in a second. I pray for the thousands of children who are being held by our government, who should be with their families. I pray that they are reunited as soon as possible. I pray for all those who seek a new life in our country, remembering that Mary and Joseph were refugees seeking shelter and security. I pray for justice, for a return to compassion and love and doing what is right. I pray for our country. I pray for new leadership, leadership with a strong moral compass. I pray for all those who feel the sting of intolerance, for all those who feel marginalized, who feel the weight of hatred and oppression. I pray for all those families who have lost someone to gun violence. I pray for all the animals who are mistreated, who need a home, who are routinely subjected to the violence of man. I pray for the animals who feel pain and suffer because we continue to see them as sources of food, cutting off their lives in a violent manner so that we can have some veal or a steak. I pray that we can see all God’s creatures as equal.

I pray that everyone feels love and is loved, that we live the lives we are supposed to live. That we send love outward. That we abandon hate. That we never again let someone who is filled with hatred and intolerance hold any sort of public office. We are better than this. Our citizens and the citizens of the world deserve better.

That we realize that love is all there is. All there is.

Merry Christmas, my friends. May your Christmas Eve and Christmas be filled with love and laughter. May you have quiet moments of joy.

Much love to you,

Comments

  5. As always you said it all so beautifully. We have a new year before us, hopefully we can start it with all your prayers in our hearts and minds. Have a Merry Christmas Claudia and Don.

  6. beautiful photo and beautiful words/prayer (pretty as it is, i am glad you don’t have all that snow right now). thanks again, claudia, for all you share!

    merry Christmas and a happy, healthy new year to everyone!

    kathy in iowa

  10. A very Merry Christmas to you and Don, and a blessed and healthy 2019. I love this post. Do you mind if I print it out and put in on my bedroom mirror? I want to remember to pray this prayer every night. It is just beautiful. You have remembered everything.
    I feel blessed to read your wonderful blog. I am sending prayers and love to you and Don.

  15. A happy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to you and Don, Claudia. Your words are always so emotionally powerful.

  16. The picture of your cottage is perfect and I’d like to wish you and Don a Very Merry Christmas, too! Your message awesome.
    xoxoxo

  18. Wow, I’m speechless [quite an accomplishment on your part right there – LOL]. This post is a – to borrow a phrase from your world – a tour de force. If you don’t mind, Claudia, I’d like to print to read before my family’s big Christmas feast [we always say a grace then]. You say it all and you say it perfectly. I just love coming here everyday, so thank you for all the work you do to make it possible. Here’s wishing you, Don & your families/friends the merriest of Christmases. Have a quiet, peaceful & blessed Christmas my friend, and may the Force be with us all in 2019. Love & peace. 🎄❤️ ⭐️

  19. Thank you for putting into words exactly what needed to be said. Your lovely words and heartfelt emotion are wonderful. We indeed must pray for all these things.
    I wish you and Don and your family the most wonderful Christmas and a New Year filled with god health, good fortune and much laughter.

    Lyn

  21. Beautiful sentiment, Claudia.

    Merriest of Christmas to you and Don and hope for the new year ahead. ♡

  22. I’m late. but not too late to tell you I read this with tears in my eyes. I wish every single person could read it everywhere!
    for everything you’ve said. and also just simply for our planet. that we might find the way back to the beautiful balance of nature and know the truth of it and quit covering it and our oceans with our unnecessary ugly tons of trash.
    you and your family and life and friends are LOVED! I pray for you and Mere and Little Buddy to have the most wonderful of Christmases.
    and the work it takes for sharing your life with us on this beautiful blog. it does not go unappreciated! bless you darling bean! thank you. and Merry Christmas! XOXO

  23. This brought me to tears.
    Claudia, you said it all so beautifully.
    May you and Don have a very merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Years.

  28. Merry Christmas Claudia & Don! May you be blessed with peace, love and light this Holiday season.

  30. Well said, Claudia! ! Merry Christmas to you and Don!! Thank you for your words every day!! Wishing you both a happy and healthy New Year!! Francine

  39. Happy Christmas, Claudia and Don.
    It will be Christmas Day here in England in just over an hour’s time. I’ve just watched a lovely documentary from BBC entitled ‘ Christmas at St. Paul’s’ filmed last December in the lead up to Christmas. It goes behind the scenes to meet everyone involved in running the cathedral from the clergy to the young choir boys, the maintenance guys installing the huge Christmas trees and the volunteer ladies who embroider and restore the vintage vestments. Hopefully it will air on BBC America and bring back happy memories of your time in Europe.

    Dee Dee

  41. Merry Christmas to Don and you!
    Beautiful message, Claudia. Thank you.
    Sharing it with family, too.

    Love is all there is.

    • Merry Christmas Claudia and Don! Thank you for sharing your time, your home, and your talent with us via your blog.
      Peace and Love!

  42. Hi, Claudia!
    Just love your beautiful prayer!
    You said it all!
    Thank you for this blog! I so appreciate it and enjoy it so much!
    It was great to meet Don this year & hope to meet you sometime, too.
    I wish you & Don a very happy Christmas and a peaceful, prosperous and healthy 2019!!
    Just love this pic of your cottage in the snow😍🎄☃️🛷💕
    💕Debbie

  44. Dear C laudia
    I want to wish you a merry Christmas ! Have a nice day full of peace and surely appreciated presents from your loving husband.The best for you both!
    xoxo Alicia Buenos Aires

  45. On this second day of Christmas, I send best wishes to you & Don for a very Merry Christmas! May you enjoy and be blessed during this wonderful time of year!

  46. A beautiful prayer for Christmas. I’ve been off the grid a few days and catching up, but hoping you and Don had a glorious Christmas and lovely days to come!

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