November is nearly over and the temperature outside is -12*. Yet on the inside I feel incredibly warm. Thanksgiving week brought an ice storm that broke records which had been set in 1936. The storm also forced us to stay home. The cool thing is that my daughter and her family were visiting from Alabama where her husband is stationed in the military. The house contained thirteen family members and three extra teen boys and we had a blast. Fortunately I had made a run to the grocery store the first of the week. The five teen boys in the house made music on the drums, guitars and my keyboard. We played board games, card games and some played strategic games. We baked Christmas cookies, stayed up late, visited and laughed.
We had plans and the weather seemed to have messed them all up, but it turned out to be a major blessing.
Jeremiah 29:11
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Elisa Maria Crites, mother of three and grandmother of nine, lives in Alaska. Her local newspaper published one of her stories when she was in third grade. Her delights are family, friends, books, music and nature. She lives in a house with eight other people, three dogs, two cats, a hamster, guinea pig and three birds. Moose visit frequently sometimes napping in the yard. Her novel, Secrets Under the Midnight Sun released in November. Learn more at http://elisamariacrites.com.
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