Merry Christmas! May joy lift you up and carry you through all the preparations and celebrations! And may it come quietly, too, in the still moments that find you during a busy season.
This beautiful version of Ave Maria reminds me of another Mary who reminded me to look to the Light, even in darkness.
There are times when you need to cry but tears won’t come. Yet when you finally slide open the door on your thoughts and let them fall into the care of another, the tears break free. This time it happened during a phone call to my sister. I told her the news. It was certain…
Morning after morning I’ve been on the go. Not today–this would be a linger-over-a cup-of-coffee morning. Time to rest. It had snowed during the night and now the world outside my window is at last blanketed in white. Have you noticed? How snow quiets life. The sounds that usually fill the morning are softened. The rough edges of life are smoothed over for a while.
mari mayborn 