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The Advent is here already! It has been a mild winter and it makes feeling more earlier to have the Season. Also, sadly, our advent cactus, two of them, did not even bloom this year. I told my mother in law to not to put those pots under direct sunshine. However, she did. Both of them do not have even one single flower bud. It is my second year to have the Advent in Northern Virginia. I know a little bit more what to expect to be in this busy season of the year and what and how to plan in my work. Our church has focused on this Advent with a sermon series of "What do you really want for Christmas". I know what I want for this Christmas. How about you? I want Peace in Christ in my family. Don't imagine that we don't have any peace in our home. :) We do. However, some members of my family seem still having been struggling to find the peace in Christ. I also want the peace. I have a number of times of experience that peace in midst of difficult times and middle of ...

I am not an american yet. I have a greencard but need to wait 3 more years to apply to be a citizen. I did not grow up in here so, I do not know details about the history of America. However, I know well enough how people from Europe came to America, and a tradition of the Thanksgiving. I watched one of Charlie Brown cartoons about Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving at one of my girls school when I was volunteering. It gave me many thoughts on the pilgrims, the thanksgiving and the faith and prayers toward this blessed land. After watching the movie, I decided to bake a turkey as my first time in my life at our home for this year thanksgiving to share details of the thoughts with my children who are americans. I think that I have a responsibility to teach them a true meaning on thanksgiving that has been mis-understood in many ways in this world now. Seeing devastated situations when the pilgrims arrived in the State with a long terrible journey on the sea made me think deeper about ...