Mo's Merry Meanderings

 Dear family and friends,

"And so the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

In this atypical year full of trials and challenges, the babe in the manger is the one constant we can celebrate with hope and joy.

I am so ready to be over this covid nonsense, aren't you? Just when we start making plans for a trip somewhere, the destination implements ridiculously burdensome mandates and rules. Good thing we enjoy staying home. We did take a quick road trip to Jacksonville this summer to pick up my aunt's drop-leaf cherry dining room table and introduce Boo to Lisa's 3 pups. Unfortunately, energetic Boo was a bit too much for the smaller older dogs, so we didn't stay long. On the way home we spent the night in Meridian, MS, where Boo had a sweet reunion with her foster mom, Kim. It was good getting away, and Boo was a great car traveler. Our "Little Fox" is almost 1 1/2; she is the best, sweetest pup, and we absolutely adore her.

Our kids and grandkids are all doing great. Zoey (15) and Leo (13) now tower over me. Ruby (12) and Etta (almost 11) are pretty close to matching short Grammy's height, and Maggie (almost 11) and Sam (9) aren't far behind. It's going to be weird being the shortest in the family! They all keep busy with school, sports, and church activities, and they are without a doubt the kindest, sweetest kids I know. We are truly blessed to live so close to each other so we can see each other often.

Dave is still at Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, teaching physics/engineering/robotics. His Rover team took top honors in this year's competition, even though it was done totally via Zoom. Jenni continues loving her thriving and growing doTERRA essential oils business. It allows her lots of creativity with the ability to be available for the kids' crazy schedules.

Josh landed a fabulous job as head graphic designer at GM Financial. He mainly works from home, and his office isn't far for the times he does have to go in. His GM discount enabled them to replace their aging and shrinking (those kids are TALL!!) Nissan Murano with a spiffy new Chevy Blazer. Erika is still enjoying her 3 days a week teaching preschool in Denton and pouring into those sweet little ones.

I wasn't motivated enough to send out this newsletter in time for Christmas this year, so it's very late. Next year I'll try to do better. In the meantime, I wish all of you the very best in 2022--health, happiness, and security in the knowledge that the babe in the manger came to live a perfect life so He could take all our mistakes with Him to the cross and pay the penalty for our sinfulness. Hallelujah, what a Savior!! God bless us, every one.

With love, 

Mona