December already?

This December has been a whirlwind of activities and we're not even at Christmas yet!
We have been thru 5 birthdays thus far since the end of November (My brother Miguel, my Mum, sister Jessica, daughter Camela and brother Tom), and we will finish off the year with my son Ian's birthday and begin the new year with mine.

Unfortunately, December saw me laid up in the hospital for a few days with a pulmonary embolism which was treated conventionally, with about a million test and medication for the next several months, as well as homeopathically and I'm on the upswing now, but this does mean I'll have to postpone my trip back to Tanzania till May when I'm finally given a clean bill of health, (which really means taken off conventional medication), by the doctors.
On a lighter note, we have a visitor from Tanzania who is spending the holidays with us and the kids are happily learning a few words of Swahili. My youngest daughter is learning a Swahili song at school and told me "Dont worry mom, if he doesn't speak any English, I got this, I know Swahili!" glad to have a translator among us. :)
It's been pretty interesting to see our visitor struggle with the concept of Santa Clause, as this part of the Christmas tradition seems to be foreign to his culture. How to explain Santa to someone who has no concept of him....why, you sit him down to watch the movie The Santa Claus with Tim Allen of course! It was a priceless moment when I saw the dawning of the magic of Christmas wash across his face.

Although I am sad I won't be headed back to Tanzania in February as originally planned, I am grateful for the extra time it gives me to continue raising funds and awareness about homeopathy and the volunteer work I'm involved in with Homeopathy for Health in Africa.

Don't forget there is still time to give a end of year donation, and the best part is you can claim it on your taxes!
Have a very Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year!