December 17, 2023 The Fifteenth Day of Advent     Well, we have reached the third Sunday in Advent, the halfway mark, the pink candle on the wreath.  In many ways this time seems to be moving slowly, still in other ways zipping along, getting away from us.  Lighting the third candle always sends […]

      December 16, 2023 The Fourteenth Day of Advent   In the last few days, I have been wrapping, not only Christmas gifts, but birthday gifts.  Our family has so many December birthdays.  And yours might as well.  No matter how many boxes you wrap there always seems to be one more needing […]

  December 15, 2023 The Thirteenth Day of Advent     Today slipped away without anything happening to catch my eye, or ear, to share with you.  It was more quiet, than is usual, uneventful.  Perhaps this type of day is most familiar to each of us, more similar between each of us.  That is […]

  December 14, 2023 The Twelfth Day of Advent     I walked in the front door to an unusually quiet house, at least for 3:00 pm.  Then I saw my daughter-in-law and granddaughter, sitting together, under a blanket, on the sofa, in the living room.  It was still in the room.  My granddaughter looked […]

      December 13, 2023 The Eleventh Day of Advent     The adjust-as-you-grow roller skates, I ordered for one of my granddaughters, for Christmas, arrived yesterday.  Protection gear, matching the skates in color and the designs, arrived in another box.  The skates are just perfect, pink in color, rainbows on each side, and […]

  December 12, 2023 The Tenth Day of Advent     I slipped from my bed, well before dawn, went into the sitting room, and turned on the lights of the Christmas tree.  As I sat for morning prayer the beauty of the lights, in an otherwise dark room, gave me a gift of peace.  […]

  December 11, 2023 The Ninth Day of Advent     Yesterday, while I was wrapping a few Christmas gifts, this thought came to me, like a mighty wave, washing over me, then lifting me upon its wake, carrying me to a place of solitude, transporting me to a sea of tranquility.  And there I […]