December 10, 2023 The Eighth Day of Advent     As I look forward to each day of Advent, I look forward to sharing with you.  Because you have chosen to walk through the season of Advent with me, it has made a time, which was already special, a unique experience.  And for […]

  December 9, 2023 The Seventh Day of Advent     Yesterday I took a short walk around the block, just me, no one in tow.  The weather, for December 8, in Des Moines, was beyond pleasant.  The sky was blue, and the sun was shining.  This is a gift, I thought, as I ambled […]

        December 8, 2023 The Sixth Day of Advent   Yesterday, my grandson taught me that the best of gifts is not a wrapped present, but my presence with him, the gift held within doing something together.  My granddaughter came with the same lesson today.  We are a multi-generational household, but no […]

December 7, 2023 The Fifth Day of Advent   Today, I took one of my grandsons Christmas shopping.  This year we decided it would be a lot of fun for him to pick out something he really wanted, within reason, of course, a pre-Christmas gift.  When we arrived at the mall, we walked and walked […]

  December 6, 2023 The Fourth Day of Advent   This morning, I rose, opened my bedroom door, and walked into my small sitting room.  I turned on the lights of the Christmas tree, and the other lights sitting about.  In the darkness of the room a frequency of lights began to create the energy […]