Our friends were spending Christmas at the beach house with their whole family, which sounds like a fun thing to do. I tried to talk my family into doing an out-of-town Christmas this year, which everyone agreed to but my oldest brother. Something about 'traditions' & 'needing to be home'. :)
We got to Corolla pretty late on Friday night, so we pretty much unloaded the car & went to bed. We woke up to find that my mom's best friend had passed away unexpectedly, which made the rest of the day filled with lots of tears & sadness.
We ate breakfast, they put their Christmas tree up & decorated it, then we were off to walk on the beach. It was freeeeezing, of course, but it was nice to get all of the fresh, salty air. I needed that.
When we got back to the house, we jumped into the hot tub for awhile, ate dinner, & talked about playing Phase 10. By that time, their brother & sister-in-law had gotten there with baby Charlotte Pear, so we ended up crashing in the living room & watching all of the best parodies of Adel's 'Hello'.
Around 10, when we finally decided Sebastian should atleast get a liiittle sleep before work at 6:30, so we packed the car up again & headed back home. It's nice that it was just a two hour drive.
I'm thankful to have been away on December 19th - a day that will forever be etched in my mind as the time we lost such a wonderful woman. I was surrounded by people who loved Mrs. Tammy & grieved her loss as well, which made things seem somewhat easier.
Of course we'll never stop missing such a beautiful soul, but the beach house was filled with comfort that day, knowing she's pain-free, worshiping at the feet of our Savior.
What a wonderful place to spend Christmas. What a wonderful place to spend eternity.
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