Lights On...Lights Off

One of the things I love most about Christmas is riding around and seeing all the lights. This year, however, I didn't see as many.

Maybe it was just me, but it really seemed as if a lot of homes didn't have lights this year.

I guess it is the economy. Maybe it is a way to cut back, but what a shame. It is a tradition!



The ones I did see were beautiful. I love the new blow up lighted yard art. Especially the ferris wheel with the characters on it. Or the giant snow globes...they are awesome!

I saw one house in particular somewhere in High Point that had different lighted items up and down each side of the large circular driveway to and from the house. It was something to see! The house itself was beautiful, but even more so with all the flashing lights celebrating the season.



My son and I were driving to the coast right before Christmas to stay with my parents and we saw a lighted deer on the side of the road and there was nothing else in sight. No house, no driveway, no nothing. I told him that was pretty random, but it was kind of neat. Then we had a whole discussion on how it was plugged in if there was nothing around it and who would have thought to put it there all alone!



This year in our house we had a white Christmas tree with clear lights and lots of red bows and ornaments. It was the prettiest tree I think I have ever had for Christmas. I finally put out the lighted deer I have had in a box in the attic for the last two years. It was my parents and then they gave it to my sister and she already had one so she gave it to me and I have never put it out. I sat it on the clear area outside our back porch on the lakeside and it was so pretty. You could see it from the inside and I just know the people across the lake loved looking at it too!



But I must tell you of the most beautiful lights of all!!

These weren't even near a Christmas tree or in a house or outside of a house. They weren't even meant to be Christmas lights at all.

It was the lights outside the radiation room. It was a sign above the door that read X-Ray In Use.

You see, every time my Dad would enter the room, the nurses would follow him in. They would turn on his favorite type of music and in about 3 minutes they would come out the door and close it behind them. They would then go to the next door on the right and in about 5 seconds the light would come on. It would stay on for about 4 to 5 seconds and then go off. Then out came the nurses to head back into the room with my Dad and the whole process would start over and happen one more time.



These lights to me were beautiful because it meant that with each session, he was healing. The swelling was going down and the tumors were going away! It was more than X-Ray in Use it was Healing in Use!!!



My Mom and Dad went home today and I must say I have missed seeing the lights. It is a bit scary that the treatment is finished, but I know that the healing has been done. We have claimed it and we believe God is going to heal. He is still in control!!



If you missed these lights then I must say I am happy you didn't have to visit the radiation clinic for Christmas, but it was a beautiful thing to witness and it will be the decoration I will remember most about this year's holiday.



Hope you all had wonderful holiday celebrations and I hope you will all have a peaceful and prosperous new year!



God Bless you all and please continue to pray for a cure!



Mel