I woke up this morning to read that one of my best friends is sitting in a hospital lobby because her husband and father-in-law were in a car accident on the way home from Christmas Eve service. Her father-in-law is facing surgery asap ( Read more... )

This was the first Christmas I've ever spent alone. Fortunately, I wasn't particularly invested in the holiday this year, so I didn't feel deprived or upset about it. It was just another day spent alone. The family is getting together in a few days, after the snow clears, to celebrate Christmas, my birthday, Wolfling's birthday, and Dad's birthday ( Read more... )

I'm 43 years old.

You would think that after all this time I would realize just how quickly December follows Thanksgiving. But no. . .

I think that a big part of it is not being part of a Christian community and thus not celebrating Advent, and because of that not having spent the last couple of weeks preparing for the preparation that the ( Read more... )