"Princess and Daughter of the King"

The people in Denver must be having it really hard. People are stranded at the airport. The U.S. Post Office is closed. But it sure looks beautiful with two feet of snow. This reminds me of the Denver Blizzard of 1982. My husband Richard, my four sons and myself wanted to stay with my mom for Christmas but we found ourselves in Raton, NM with a ground blizzard, where the wind was whipping up around 50 to 60 mi/hr. The van died on the freeway and we need to find something with alcohol in it. We found some aftershave, Turbo and Hawk, in our bags. Richard went out and we tied him to the front of the car so he wouldn't blow away while he poured the aftershave into the carburator. The van started up and we headed for the nearest offramp. We saw a motel sign lit up and this was in the middle of the day. We signed in and found that there was no heat. Our kids ranged in ages of 4 -12 and we had to call friends that lived in Raton. We stayed at the friends where there was plenty of warmpth...

It's beginning to look like Christmas..Already been to a Ladies Fast where we study Scriptures and write a letter to God with what we want to see before next year..mostly relationships and salvation for my loved ones. Hoping to go to Phoenix for Christmas. There won't be snow on the ground but the weather should be great. Palm trees, swimming pools, farming, warm weather and tons of malls will be what I will look forward to there. At home in Vanderwagen it's been 5 degrees waking up in the morning. We've had no hot water for three weeks and hoping to get the part before too long. There are two cats and two dogs that can all rest in the same room around the wood stove. There is a sense of change in the air..for me? for my family? I don't know yet but I'm anticipating something good. "Christmas, Christmas, hear the angels sing" from one of my own songs is looking forward to the time when Jesus will return. "Oh, the joy of seeing our Lord with the ...