The Light

Merry Christmas Eve!!! It’s well over 90 degrees in our house and there’s not a cloud on the horizon to provide relief. A stomach bug is slowly working its way through our family and we’re just generally a bit disheartened. We’ll officially celebrate Christmas next week when we’re (hopefully) all well again, but though the […]

good AFTERnoon!!

We started a new tradition this year!! On Monday and Wednesday nights we’re pretending the weather is ferociously cold, getting a small treat, and listening to Tim Curry read “A Christmas Carol” in his signature ominous tones. It’s a delight. The girls were giggling uncontrollably over Scrooge dismissing his nephew by repeatedly saying “good afternoon” […]

Willa the Red-nosed Reindeer

Twas the day after Thanksgiving and all through our house, lots of creatures were stirring… most especially this Willa the Wisp!! Never one to let a day go by without entertaining us, she added just that perfect dose of whimsy into our traditional Christmas decorating day. It started a bit bumpy the night before with […]

Celebrating life

As I touched on in the last post, Willa is struggling. The year and its sorrows have caught up with her and she’s weighed down by them daily. Her nights vacillate between the normal conspiratorial giggles and whispers with sisters, and crying herself to sleep over all the things she’s lost. Fortunately her delightful sisters […]