Friday, December 23, 2011

a birthday story

What do you get when you combine Christmas caroling in the back of a pickup with a very pregnant deacon's wife?

Me.

They say the other deacons and the pastor followed the trail of hay to the hospital.
Somehow they convinced the nurse to carol in the nursery with "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear".
They claim I screamed through it.
I'm still not crazy about that tune.
The words, however, are lovely.

I don't miss that story being re-told every year at church. Some things are worth hearing just once or twice.

2 comments:

Lydia said...

I love that story!!!!!

Jennifer said...

I never heard that story!!! Happy Birthday!

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