It is no secret that I am a mushball. I look like a character from Sons of Anarchy but am a big teddy bear who can cry at a commercial, beautiful words, sweet harmonies or even perfectly cooked bacon. This time of year really gets me. I get so filled with love, joy and appreciation that use quite a few tissues at Christmas time. There are always so many moments during this season that can move me but there is one that gets me every year without fail.

I always go to Christmas Eve service at church and it is there that the tears will flow. There is that moment at each Christmas Eve service when the lights go out, the candles are lit and we sing "Silent Night". I can not get as far as "...all is calm" before I start to tear up. When I was a kid, a friend of ours who had served our country, told me about being away from home and fighting for our country during the holidays and how no matter what type of situation they may have been in, on Christmas Eve they would find a place to gather, be it in a hole or hilltop and sing "Silent Night" together. I cannot get the image of our soldiers standing together in the worst of conditions and singing together out of my mind. It moves me just writing this. It has been said that only soldiers and Jesus would give their lives for me and I thank them both this and every Christmas.

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