My Passion Magazine issue 4 Vol.1
“People Are Important” and that is why My Passion Magazine was born. My Passion Magazine is a friendly place for everyone’s voice to be heard. Our magazine aims to broaden the concepts and horizons of others. We want people to see the accomplishments of what others have dared to dream and how their dreams became a reality. My Passion Magazine is published quarterly and is focused on the tri-county area of Fayetteville, Clayton, and Henry. Many of our writers live within the tri-county area and are writing about their passions. There is much to be seen about the people, places, and events in these three counties. Because we have follows in all parts of the world, you will be able to read articles that will focus on other cities, states, and nations.
“People Are Important” and that is why My Passion Magazine was born. My Passion Magazine is a friendly place for everyone’s voice to be heard. Our magazine aims to broaden the concepts and horizons of others. We want people to see the accomplishments of what others have dared to dream and how their dreams became a reality. My Passion Magazine is published quarterly and is focused on the tri-county area of Fayetteville, Clayton, and Henry. Many of our writers live within the tri-county area and are writing about their passions. There is much to be seen about the people, places, and events in these three counties. Because we have follows in all parts of the world, you will be able to read articles that will focus on other cities, states, and nations.
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| <strong>My</strong> <strong>Passion</strong> - Issue 4 - December 2015<br />
I’M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS<br />
Mary Lou Kehoe<br />
It is hard to believe that it has been three years since I took<br />
one of the biggest steps in my life and moved back to Minnesota<br />
where I was born. It was hard leaving my children and<br />
grandchildren and there were many times that I questioned my<br />
decision. I wondered if I had really heard God tell me to move<br />
and could not see how leaving all I had known for so long could<br />
have been the right thing to do. However, now that they have<br />
all moved to Minnesota as well, I can’t help but see that God<br />
had His hand in everything that happened.<br />
<strong>My</strong> first Christmas with my sister was wonderful and pretty<br />
quiet without the kids. I was quickly brought into the traditions<br />
of her family as well as the family of my brother-in-law.<br />
We baked cookies with my nephews – they roll out the cookie<br />
dough. We had fun parties with lots of food and most of all<br />
great fellowship. They kept me busy so that my mind did not<br />
wander back to what I was missing in Georgia. And of course,<br />
there was snow.<br />
One of the many things I had missed about Minnesota was<br />
snow. Crazy right? I had missed the change of seasons and snow<br />
at Christmas. There is something about the first snow fall of the<br />
winter that is magical. In an instant the brown grass and barren<br />
trees of fall are replaced with a fresh coating of white snow<br />
that brightens up everything. It is a time when I am instantly<br />
reminded of the wonderful world that God created. It is a time<br />
of new beginnings with a promise of new growth come spring. I<br />
quickly realized that that promise did not apply only to nature,<br />
but also to myself.<br />
As God moved to make a way for my daughters and grandchildren<br />
to join me in Minnesota, our family has expanded rapidly.<br />
They have been adopted into a family with aunts, uncles, and<br />
cousins that they did not know, and their lives have been enriched<br />
because of it. <strong>My</strong> oldest daughter is soon to be married<br />
and a new grandson is on the way! Our lives have been on a<br />
journey that only God could have planned.<br />
Now we all look to the holidays with a great expectation of<br />
snow and the opportunity of seeing a white Christmas. <strong>My</strong><br />
wish for all of you this holiday season is that all your Christmases<br />
be white and that you, too, receive the promises of a new<br />
beginning from God. Merry Christmas!
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