Ho Ho Ho ….

Merry Christmas.

I’ve had about 5 hours sleep and I probably won’t get to bed until late tonight. Mmmm.

It was made all worth it though to see Emily and James open their gifts this morning. They opened a number of parcels and were absolutely over the moon with their gifts – and then there was a ring on the doorbell. We got new bikes for the kids and I popped them by the front door before hitting the bell and running back in through the back door. They were gobsmacked.

Afterwards I was saying to Emily how wonderful it was that they were happy with the smaller parcels, thinking that was it for them, and then they got the biggest gift of all, their bikes. In true Emily style she said, “But the best gift of all is a family hug.” So we all got together for a big squeeze.

I have been really surprised at how little the kids have bought into the ‘give me give me’ mentality of Christmas. Even when people have asked them what they will get for Christmas they’ve shrugged their shoulders and said, “I don’t know.” They are very happy kids. They are very beautiful kids. I am biased. 🙂



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Rodney Olsen

Rodney is a husband, father, cyclist, blogger and podcaster from Perth Western Australia.

He previously worked in radio for about 25 years but these days he spends his time at Compassion Australia, working towards releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name.

The views he expresses here are his own.

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