December 24, 2023 The Twenty Second Day of Advent     This morning, before light, my granddaughter came down to my apartment.  She had walked through the sitting room, and knocked on the bedroom door, simultaneously turning the doorknob.  And there she was.  How she knew it was the fourth Sunday in Advent I […]

    December 23, 2023 The Twenty First Day of Advent     Thank you for following the season of Advent with me, as just knowing you are there has filled this time with the spirit of hope, trust, and the gift of believing.  You can actually feel it, your participation in Advent.  When I […]

  December 22, 2023 The Twentieth Day of Advent     Today, I did not wait until the lighting of the  candles on the Advent wreath, to step back in time, thinking, just thinking.  The everyday matters which distract us, with finances, health, family issues, are always with us.  And this occurs no matter who […]

    December 1, 2023 The Sixteenth Day of Advent     Each day I light the candles on the Advent wreath I think of those of you walking through Advent with me, and it brings me great joy.  The closer we get to the date we celebrate The Birth my heart opens to the […]

  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 […]