I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We've had a very busy holiday season with three family gatherings to attend and lots of Christmas bargain shopping to do. We had a wonderful time in Garland, Lincoln, and Scribner. I feel blessed to have Tracy feeling so well lately. As she said, this is our first Christmas together with our families and with her feeling well. Last year, she was still recovering from chemo, and while she was feeling pretty good, the two of us didn't spend Christmas with our families. We were in Hawaii, taking our delaying honeymoon! It's hard to believe that a year has passed since we were in Kauai.
The highlight of my weekend was seeing Tracy ride a sled down the hill near my parents' farm. Tracy is afraid of many things, including riding a sled regardless of how slow it is sliding down the hill. In her one and only sled trip down the hill, Tracy actually did get a little more speed going than she normally does. But it couldn't have been too fast because I was able to jog along side her sled halfway down the hill. As she was getting to bottom, she called out to my Dad, "Look out, Lowell!" even though he was still a good 25 yards away from her. Just then, Tracy hit a rock on the road and came to a stop... only about three feet away from the spot that she had yelled out her warning to Dad!
