This is such a special time around the preschool. The excitement is building with so many fun things to do in and out of the classrooms. The children bring us such joy! Their faces reflect the love they surely must feel from each of us. We are blessed to have this time with them, and YOU. 

As you come to school each day, "stop and smell the roses" as the saying goes, and really watch the face of your kiddo as he/she sees the tree becoming full of ornaments, as they visit the stable and fill the manger with straw for baby Jesus, or as they run gleefully in the grass with their new life long friends before squealing off to their classrooms as the school bell rings. A special time of year for Christian Education. Witness pure joy.

Come to think of it.... (minus the tree and stable) this describes most other days here. Seems it is always a special time around the preschool.

From the book, "Parent on Purpose", by Amy Carney.......I want my children to see the needs of the world and strive to fill them without someone telling them they should do so.  Are you leading your son or daughter to serve others authentically?  'Service is the rent we pay for being.  It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.'

Weekly Prayer: Jesus, your birth gives me hope.  Help me to remember that it is Your love that sustains me and guides me.  It forms who I am.  It is what gives me purpose and strength.  Amen