OUR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE...

Merry Christmas my new friends. What a year this has been! I am so thankful that I discovered blogging and have "met" so many wonderful gals from all over the world. I've never known anything quite like this before. I wish I could just meet each and every one of you. Now I have to share our miracle... Last evening the merchants in town were given free passes to dinner and the comedy club at the Historic Holly Hotel (which is very beautiful). We all rushed home to get "prettied" up and make it there on time. The whole thing was very festive and we all laughed until it hurt. When my husband and I arrived home we had a text message from our daughter in Oregon that her husband's plane had crashed into a mountain in Idaho. He does thermo photography from a plane and is a very accomplished pilot. There were search parties out looking for him and word finally came that they had found the wreckage and the rescue workers may not be able to get to him until the next morning. Well, they went as far as they could with snowmobiles and climbed the rest of the way to find him alive! The crash had blown out all of the windows and doors and he was perched on a mountain ledge for over 3 hours with temperatures at 13 degrees. They got him out, strapped him to a backboard and got him down the mountain. Again, word came that he was alive and in good spirits, but no other information was available. Sometime in the early morning hours, we finally got a phone call that he had been treated for hypo thermia, but nothing else was the matter - not even one broken bone. Tonight he is flying home on a commercial plane to be with his family for this Christmas Eve. A guardian angel was definately on his shoulder and God heard our prayers. Do you believe in miracles?

So tonight we have the lights turned low, the eggnog chilling and doing all the things you do to prepare for the holiday. Tomorrow we will go pick up my Dad at the nursing home and take him to my daughter's home for a beautiful Christmas dinner.

This is truly the time to count our blessings and we have many on this Christmas Eve. I hope you and yours are all snuggled in with your families and enjoy every minute of the magic.

Merry Christmas my dear friends!

Until next time...