When I was a little girl, Christmas was basically over once we ate our big meal and opened all our gifts. In fact, my dad used to start taking the tree down pretty much as soon as we cleaned up all the wrapping paper. (To be fair, we had a real Christmas tree back then…
A few days before Thanksgiving, I found myself sitting at the bedside of a friend who was dying. Just 61 years old, John* ended up in a nursing home in Kentucky after becoming seriously ill while visiting a friend one county over. It’s a long story, but he was not able to return to his…
This is the letter I am sending with my Christmas cards this year. It seemed as though it might be worth sharing here as well. I have omitted the personal details of the family update section. Hello, friends! I debated as to whether or not to write a letter this year for my Christmas cards….
(part two of my previous post….) “I wonder as I wander out under the stars…” We’ve had some frigid weather since Christmas. We had snow, followed by ice, followed by more snow, and it covered the ground here in Kentucky longer than normal because it was so cold. I love how quiet the world seems…
There are many things I wonder about at this time of year. I wonder about silly things like what it would be like to go “a wassailing” or what the words of “Good King Wenceslas” really mean. And then I wonder about more serious things like what Mary’s family must have thought when she told…
Perhaps you’ve heard of the great thermostat wars…the battle each household must fight over who controls the temperature of the house. We fight that one in our house, but we have an additional battle– the Christmas lights fight. I love Christmas decorations. I go all out. I have lights all over our house, and not…
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