Reason for the Season No. 7 - Mae just might be left-handed. Now, I am not saying I will love her less if she is right-handed, but I will love her more if she is a south paw. Can't help it. Lefties unite!
Reason for the Season No. 6 - I love temples. They are a constant reminder that God loves us and that there is a plan in place for each of us. We just need to slow down and take a minute to listen. Temples are the perfect place to do that.
Reason for the Season No. 5 - Making plans is one of my favorite things to do. I love planning trips, projects, lunch dates - you name it. Making plans is fabulous. A few of the most recent schemes include a trip to Georgia with Jewels next summer, a grading weekend with Katie to Tahoe, and a craft day with Tracy and whoever wants to come while we watch a few essential chick flicks. Can't wait!
Reason for the Season No. 4 - I love my cousins. Most recently, I saw Chris, the youngest of the infamous Jackson brothers, at a Stanford women's volleyball game. Granted, he does coach for USC, but he makes up for that by being Chris. Without a doubt, the cousin I am closest to. Love him dearly. Also on the cousin radar - Jeff just got married and is having a baby! Eric looks like a grown-up (he is looking like a southern Logan Huntsberger for you Gilmore fans) - what is that? How come he looks like a grown-up, and I still get told to go back to class?
This is Action Jackson competing against Mr. Colby Jackson - Mike's youngest (until baby no. 3 arrives!)
The new Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Holtz - can't wait to hear details on Baby Holtz!
Mr. Blades out on the town in Athens, GA - this guy just gets cooler!Reason for the Season No. 3 - Nostalgic memories can be both a blessing and a curse, but I was wrapped up in one yesterday that made me relax and appreciate the intricate beauty in the world around me. It goes back to my second winter in college when I was living at Raintree - it had to be early December, that time of the semester where people are scrambling, panicking, and living on a prayer that they make it through the last days of class. And one school day, it snowed all day - big, fat flakes covering everything. Mel and I bundled up to go for a walk - gloves, beanies, scarves - still freezing, but it was so beautiful. I stood outside after our walk and just watched it snow - and I knew in that instant how much God loves us (and that I was a Californian through and through - who else would find frozen water pelting out of the sky so amazing?).
(There's no picture for that one - just the snowy images drifting across my memory lane...)
4 comments:
YES! I love Jaclyn posts! First and foremost, shout out to Charmom! She really is the best and I am loving that picture of her. And second, I believe with all my heart that Mae is a lefty. And even if she grows to be a righty, I think that it will only be to please her father, and that she internally is a lefty at heart. Do I hold her left hand a little bit more than her right in encouraging those nerve endings to be stimulated a little bit extra? Yes. There, I admitted it. But now she's in stupid Utah, so I can't do it anymore. That and the fact that she screams when she sees my brown hair... I guess her handedness is in the fate of the heavens now.
Jaclyn-I love your posts! They always bring a smile to my face! Marshall and Mae does have a nice ring to it-trust me, I have thought about this before! :) Where are you going to be for Christmas?
You are great! Thanks for sharing your reasons. I miss you tons.
I remember that night and hoping for a repeat of it here soon. Come on and snow!
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