Christmas
Tree Day & Getting Ready for Christmas
December 18, 2024
The timing of holiday preparations are not a tradition for us. What we do and when we do it and how much of it we do really depends on the year and where we're having Christmas. But now that live in this home are there definitely tree traditions to uphold.
Friday night Christmas market in Mahone Bay
December 7, 2024
I invited Mom for a Friday night date to Mahone Bay and we visited all the “where things were happening” as listed on the pamphlet. Our favorite of these was the market at St James Anglican Church Parish Hall.
As I enter 2024
January 4, 2024
New Year 2024 reflections: This time will end. Appreciate its gifts. One day these days will be cherished memories.
The thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices
December 21, 2021
I've committed myself to carrying hope right now. I have faith in possibilities not yet experienced. Possibilities so unlikely, they might as well be supernatural.
Working my way to hope for the New Year
January 6, 2020
There has been a lot of loss and pain this year that I have not published. My life and writing is multifaceted and I was focusing on other things. And it was a very good year in so many respects. As the year came to a close, I wrote a list of highlights and accomplishments in my personal journal and there was so much to appreciate and be thankful for.
Hello Darkness my old friend
December 21, 2018
I thought I'd be able to power through my agenda, which included my writing agenda, and my to-do's with the happy ease of joyful holiday anticipation. And maybe I could have, but life happens. We read things, we see things, we have conversations; the pain, loneliness, and fear comes back to us afresh. Stuff slips through the cracks.
