At some point in life traditions deviate or retire. Children grow up and move away. Parents and grandparents pass on, and siblings begin new traditions with their own growing families.
 
This year two of our children and their families couldn’t be here. Due to his work schedule, Chris and family shared Christmas dinner and gift exchange with us on the 23rd. That was Okay. We had a good time.
 
Therefore, this Christmas morning we broke tradition. Gale and I exchanged gifts alone as we had 44 years ago before the children came along. We didn’t eat quiche and cinnamon rolls as we had the last twenty some years, and we didn’t have our Christmas Eve buffet.
 
Since Christmas was on Sunday this year, we celebrated the birth of Jesus with our beloved church family. Now that was a blessing. God is good.