The Little Issues E-newsletter #500 – Life, laughter, and plenty of nice meals!

Welcome to the weekend, my pals! Are you able to consider we’re only a few days away from Christmas?? As I began scripting this as we speak, I noticed this would be the five hundredth Little Issues e-newsletter! This was by no means actually one thing I deliberate to do. I simply actually get pleasure from sharing our life with you on this approach and so I’ve continued writing these emails each Saturday morning.

The world of meals running a blog has modified so much over the previous 15 years and after I began writing these newsletters virtually 10 years in the past, it was my approach of attempting to remain related with you all regardless of the web’s push to “simply share the recipe” and cease telling tales together with the meals we share. 

At present, to rejoice each my love of Christmas and the enjoyable of sending you this five hundredth e-newsletter, I’m making a gift of $500 in Amazon present playing cards. 

I get pleasure from celebrating the vacations a lot and I really like listening to about your loved ones’s favourite traditions. All that you must do to be entered is go away a touch upon this weblog submit and inform me about your favourite Christmas custom!

On Tuesday, December twenty third, I’ll decide 5 of the feedback which have been left on this weblog submit and ship a $100 Amazon card to every of these readers only for the enjoyable of it. The winners can be notified by way of the e-mail used to depart a touch upon the web site. 

(Sadly, as a lot as I get pleasure from receiving your emails, replies by way of electronic mail can’t be included on this giveaway, it’s just too tough to trace entries that approach.)

I’ll go first by sharing my favourite Christmas reminiscence: 

After I was 8 years outdated, I needed curler skates for Christmas. My mother managed to discover a pair of skates, the old style type with steel wheels. These had been nothing just like the skates my pals had, however they had been skates and he or she was so completely satisfied to have discovered them. She cleaned them up and set them apart for me.

Nonetheless, the outdated skates wanted new laces. She had no spare cash for the laces, however she gathered all of the change, principally pennies, in the home and he or she went to the shop.

She took her pile of pennies and a bundle of laces to the counter on the retailer and the younger and impatient clerk instructed her that she wasn’t going to take pennies. My mother began crying, however she held her floor and instructed the clerk that it was nonetheless good cash and he or she wanted these laces for Christmas. Thanks to assist from the gentleman in line behind her, the clerk lastly offered her the laces and he or she introduced them house.

After I opened my present of the skates on Christmas morning, I had no thought how a lot work and what number of tears had gone into these skates. I used to be simply thrilled to be tying on my first pair of curler skates.

For that reminiscence and so many others, thanks Mother. You taught me to be pleased about every thing. You taught me that discovering pleasure within the small pleasures of life is way extra enjoyable than all the time trying in direction of the following massive factor.

I watched and realized so much by means of my mother’s instance through the years. I do know for a proven fact that Philippians 4:11-13 is greater than a Bible verse, it’s a lifestyle. “I’m not saying this as a result of I’m in want, for I’ve realized to be content material regardless of the circumstances. I do know what it’s to be in want, and I do know what it’s to have a lot. I’ve realized the key of being content material in any and each state of affairs, whether or not well-fed or hungry, whether or not residing in a lot or in need. I can do all this by means of Him who offers me power.”

She confirmed me by means of a continuing trustworthy instance that happiness is a selection. We will select to be completely satisfied and discover pleasure within the little issues or we will deal with what is likely to be lacking from the right image.

In case you are studying this as we speak, my prayer for you is that you just’ll discover a particular second to understand one thing massive or small in your life. Wishing you a stunning Christmas week stuffed with little issues that make you smile!

Mary