December is a month steeped in tradition, when the fullness of our lives—the memories of our own childhoods, past Christmases, family and friends who have come and gone, things we’ve lost and found—all of it layers like phyllo dough into a pastry that wraps itself around the gooey, warm baked brie of right now. TheContinue reading “Incarnations and Epiphanies”
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Advent Day 4: Ghosts of Christmases Past
As the colored lights twinkled on the tree, the gifts were exchanged with Grandpa’s perfect scripted “Santa” on the labels to each of his seven children and their spouses and their children. Each of us cousins sat in our Christmas best, holiday dressed, lined up on the davenport with a pile of unopened presents inContinue reading “Advent Day 4: Ghosts of Christmases Past”
After the Storm: A Better Love Story
Tonight as I wrapped Christmas presents for our family, I watched Serendipity, a movie in which two characters, John and Sarah, meet one Christmas, separate and then spend the majority of the movie looking for each other whilst being engaged to be married to other people. They chase fate and destiny in order to overcomeContinue reading “After the Storm: A Better Love Story”
Sarah Marie Wells 