Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. – Grace Noll Cowell
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Love,
D&K
We got our tree last week and I used to like the smell of pine whenever we come in the house or just waking up and heading downstairs. I think we used up all the smell since I don’t smell it at all. Right now I smell garlic! It’s the garlic from the last nights [...]
The book i am reading right now (The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig) has a chapter that hit me hard. It was about this old woman who kept saying she was going to die soon. Or something like “maybe i’ll see you on christmas, if i’m still alive” (or something to that effect). She died [...]
i must smell good. these two girls just want to hang around me all the time whenever we’re around. (they don’t (and i don’t) mind that they take over my laptop, too.). daileen was forced to entertain herself low-tech style with a good, old, reliable book.
So, I got awoken* again in the middle of the night last night, and my mind wandered again. This has been happening almost every other night. Anyway, for some reason, i thought of the front of the house and thought something was missing. That ugly van in front of the house that had been there [...]
