Our family had one of the best Christmas Days we can remember. We were up and at 'em early with the kids going through gifts like Mark Ingram going through the Florida defense. It was indeed fast and furious. Needless to say, I am blessed with a wonderful family. Crystal, Alyssa, and Garrett are God's gifts to me...and I am thankful.
Christmas morning my dad came over for breakfast. My mother has been gone now a little over three years. We miss her. Most of all my dad misses her. There is an obvious void in his life. She made his life complete and without her he's simply not the happy fella he used to be. ...So, we sat down to breakfast and I was honored to have my dad ask God's blessing on the meal. I can't remember a word he said. I just remember being blessed as he prayed for my family and thanked God for the food.
That evening, we had Crystal's family over for a Christmas dinner. That means our house was invaded with Keenums and Fitzgeralds. We survived the brothers-in-law and enjoyed the two sisters and their kids... Crystal's mother has been gone almost eight years. Even though he has married a wonderful lady, we still miss Wanda. ....So, we gathered around the table to eat more than any one family ought to and I was honored to have my father-in-law ask God's blessing on the meal. I thought again, as he prayed, how blessed we are to have a good man like HT as a grandfather to my kids.
Two dads....Lewis and Harold. Two families that reflect the values instilled in us by those two dads. Two prayers prayed over two meals on a wonderful Christmas day. Two people...me and Crystal... who thank God each day for our fathers who also happen to be really good guys. We are blessed.
