Not ok….and yet

There are so many things not ok in our world today, this day, Christmas Eve. There are big, public things that just about everyone knows, things that so many of us are just worried sick about. There are small, private things too, things in our family that are not ok. Things that hardly anyone and … Continue reading Not ok….and yet

I’m not Santa anymore

I have lost my job. I only just realized this today. It happened so gradually that I didn't even notice the signs, though I should have. Like many who work in the same position for a long time, I'd become good at it, and took a lot of pride in my work. It had become … Continue reading I’m not Santa anymore

Door Number One

Advent, the season of watchful waiting, begins today. Not in the official liturgical kind of way, which I think must start at church this Sunday, but in the childish kind of way. The one that begins with that first colorful and numbered cardboard door, opening the way to Christmas. The Christmas season kicked off, when … Continue reading Door Number One