Christmas joy

Once upon a time, I dreamed of the day when our Christmas tree would be filled with ornaments made by little hands.

My heart grew three sizes this week when Tristan brought home his first hand-made ornament, carefully crafted at school and packaged in a brown paper bag.

It’s a keeper.

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