Let It Begin With Me

The Christmas season is upon us. May your days be filled with joy and wonder and may you always realize that the important things in life aren’t things. May you remember it is more important to spend time… Read More

The Most Wonderful Time

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Christina Rossetti Don’t you just love… Read More

50 First Days

Remember when you were a little kid, how you would get so excited about Christmas?  For weeks you would dream about that glorious day.  You imagined the lights and the presents and the food and SANTA and every… Read More

The Empty Chair

The table is set with the finest china and crystal.  My Izzy has outdone herself.  She works diligently to keep our family happy during this holiday season, though in the moments she allows herself to be still she… Read More