Angels Among Us

The girls all have a separate Christmas party every year with their friends. In the past, we have done crafts, decorated cookies and made an ornament. Well, this year I wanted to do something different. My friend Kim gave me the idea. I went to the counselors at each of the girls schools in early Nov. and asked them to pick an "angel" child for us to buy for. Then I had each girl bring a gift for that child. At the party, we all sat in a circle and showed what we brought and then each girl wrapped her own gift. These gifts were delivered to the counselors this week to forward to these families. I do not know these girls, but am sure they will have a great Christmas now.
Kayla's party was WILD!!!! These girls have too much energy after being inside still all day! They were SOOOO sweet though when they talked about the girl and I was deeply touched by their questions and reaction to my story about this child. It is sometimes easy to forget the true reason that we celebrate and I believe that these girls have remembered, if only for a moment.

Hannah's party was the one that truly touched my heart though. All of these girls are 10-11 years old and are becoming young ladies. The insight and compassion they showed amazed me! I felt like I was in a room of adults with them. They were quiet also....big bonus after the wild party of 7 year olds. These girls brought SOOOO much stuff for this child. When I delivered this yesterday, the counselor was suprised at the first batch of 5-6 presents that I carried in, but I then told her that there were 4 more loads at least and she was very grateful. These girls also "scrapbooked" their own cards and the messages were very touching to this "angel." We had a little Christmas karaoke and most of the parents got here before we were done.