Heavenly Father, 

I come before you to give thanks to you for sending us Jesus Christ as our Savior & Redeemer by giving the ultimate gift of His life for the atonement of all of mankind's sins. We merely have to accept Him as the true son of God and repent of our sins to be given the honor of residing in Heaven with You. How great Your love is that You gave Your son in order that we sinful people should have the chance to be forgiven and live in Your kingdom. Through Your love & the teachings of Christ we have learned about unconditional love in it's purest form. We have learned the true meaning of forgiveness and with each thing we learn through Your Commandments & Christ's teaching, we come closer to being that which You would have us be. With our sinful nature You have forgiven us time & time again and yet You still love us unconditionally. There is no greater love and for that love, compassion, patience & guidance I thank You and praise Your Holy name.

I am so bad...I have left my blog to pretty much look after itself & that has got to quit. I believe I made a resolution to do better last year and you see how far that got me. I have decided, though, that for my own peace of mind and for my own good, I need to follow through with that resolution to help me remember when I'm having good days & bad so I can relate information to my doctors. It's that or keep a journal and I pretty much suck at that too because my hands cramp & spasm so much when I write. So wish me luck and pray for me to make time & stop procrastinating so I can get my life on some kind of track even when it's going in circles sometimes. Your prayers & good thoughts & well wishes will help me & encourage me to do better.

This post is going to be a Christmas letter to all of you. It is filled with love and prayers and many thanks for all the times you have lifted my spirits when I was down so low I thought I was going to have to learn ANTinese or WORMish to be able to communicate with someone other than myself.

Dearest Ones,
Thank you all, family & friends alike, for being there for me and making me smile and for helping me to realize that I am not alone with my health issues or life issues. There is always someone among you who knows exactly what I'm going through & helps me with your words of understanding & wisdom. My heart goes out to those who are dealing with the same hardships or worse ones but have no family or friends to communicate with. I don't know what I would do without my family & friends. I think of Facebook as a blessing because it helps me stay connected, or reconnect with family & friends and has helped me make new friends who's hearts are so loving & caring they begin to feel like part of an extended family.
I just want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Happy Kwanzaa or whatever your celebration is during this time of year. For those friends who celebrate none of these then I just want to wish you a Happy Life.

Much Love & Blessings Always,
Marti