Ever Singing For Joy

O Holy Night! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! God sustained me through round 10 of chemotherapy last month.  10 down and only 2 more to go!!  Round 10 was definitely brutal, but God carried me through each hour and every minute of those long days. "God, the Lord, is my strength;      he makes my feet like the deer's;      he makes me tread on my high places." -Habakkuk 3:9 This year Christmas was so sweet.  It was simple, but it was purposeful! Last year... I was physically and emotionally hanging on by a thread.  My surgery was only a few weeks prior to the Christmas season.  My heart was weary.  My body was tired, and I was acutely aware of my prognosis.  To help get into the holiday spirit, I went to Target (because, of course) and looked for new stockings with everyone's initials on them.  I found two "D's" for my husband and my youngest, an "E" for my oldest and then when I went to find an "A" for me; I realized