Our hearts, our house, our bellies and our schedules are full today. We'll be working, shopping, peeling, washing, hulling, baking, wrapping, cleaning, laughing, sweating, searching, chatting, singing, slipping, hugging, praying, eating, yawning, playing, washing, setting, sweeping, decorating, drinking, and celebrating. We sincerely hope you're all able to do the same (except the slipping part, which [...]
Tag: Christmas Eve
Sounds of the Winter on Christmas Eve
A bright, holiday sun lured us out for a Christmas Eve walk and my oldest daughter Katherine and I obediently obliged. Not four blocks into our excursion, we realized our mistake as a biting wind rendered our lips and legs numb and reduced our cheery chat to monosyllabic mutterings. "Brrr," I said. "Yeah," Katherine replied. [...]