J is for JOY!!!

Good Morning Miss Jenny!  How are you today?  Did you have a nice Thanksgiving?  I surely did!  It was quite different over at cousin Mary's this year but we had a great time anyway.  Mam?  What do I mean different?  Well, different cause we had a very busy hectic day and a lot less people to celebrate with then usual.  Yes mam, I do realize that does not sound very enjoyable to you.  But, I  ain't,not lying, it was quite an enjoyable day regardless.  We have so much to be thankful for!  Yes mam, I do remember ain't ain't a word.  Haaha!

Why yes, I am feeling quite lively today.  Why?  Cause of the Holidays of course!  What?  Yes mam, I am ternin my homework in, you just hold your horsies ok?  Ooops!  NO Mam, I did not mean to be sassy.   I am getting around to my homework, ya see?  Our letter was J wasn't it?   That's right!  I'm sorry some folks don't get it, or feel it, but the holidays came and reminded me of  "JOY"!!!  That's my J word for Alphabet Thursday Miss Jenny!  JOY!

I know it's hard to believe you can have JOY when so many crappy...yes mam, I meant "unfortunate" (that's a fancy schmancy word) things are going on around you.   But it's true, ya can ya know!  Like my wise old cousin Mary explained to me sometimes you got to just look for it!  So, that's just what I did, I went looking for it and here's what I found.

Look, cousin Mary put out her Christmas books again this year...have you ever read these?

I know you've read these!   She ain't got no little ones around right now, but cousin Mary ain't about to let go of these, cause they bring her lot's of joy!

Then I really got on a roll, and I found JOY on a plate in the kitchen.

I also found JOY on this pillow in her dining room.

I really got excited when I first spotted the J on this here plate because...

Look at that!  It says... JOY!!!

Then cousin Mary asked what I was doing taking pictures all over her house and squealing like a Lil piggy.  After I told her about my homework, she said, that's easy, let me show you some "joy".  She said, let's start over here at the Christmas tree in the dining room.

Hey!  I didn't see that one cousin Mary!  I see it, it says JOY alright!

Then she started squealing like a piggy and said here's another one!

And look here's another one!  I was looking at these real hard cause I wasn't seeing no JOY, do you?  Then she said, lets go look at the Christmas tree in the den.

She said this is one of her very favorite old ornaments from when she was a child.  She said that when she was a little girl she went to a church that made these and they were called Chrismons.  I told cousin Mary it's really pretty and all, but I still don't see no JOY.  She sighed heavily and said, follow me back to the dining room then.

Cousin Mary took my camera and said, "Here, don't you eva forget this girl, here's your JOY!"  Then she focused and snapped that camera right on the baby Jesus.  She said, you been too busy looking for joy that you almost missed the obvious, didn't you?  OH!  I get it!  She had me there!

Then cousin Mary gave me a big old hug and started humming a little tune that sounded something like this.  Well, she tried too anyway.  LOL!   

I sure am thankful for my family and friends and all those things around me that remind me of the reason for the season.  I hope all of you find JOY this season too!

"Little Missy"