Christmas 2008

This can’t be happening, I told myself.  Clayton seemed to have been around forever.  Not only that, but part of me hoped and prayed that he would live forever.  You could almost drown in his ocean blue eyes, and his smile would knock you to the ground if you weren’t braced.  He seemed as stable…

Christmas 2009

Mary sighed, wondering why men often forget their cell phones.  Is it a genetic problem- or what,she asked herself.  She made a mental note to check it out on Wikipedia when arriving  back home. If onlyJoseph would have booked reservations online with his new smart phone, I would have an easier birth process, she thought. …

Christmas 2010

“Where is everybody going?” my 91 year old mother-in-law asked, her forehead furrowed.  “And why are they in such a hurry?”  What a profound question, I thought.  Where is everybody going, and why are we racing as if the world will crumble if we slow down?  For a woman who dropped out of seventh grade…