What is your favorite thing about Christmas? The family gatherings, the big meals, the holiday shopping—yes, really, some people actually love it! Maybe you look forward to making—or eating–your family’s favorite treats—cookies and candies, fruitcakes and more. Or driving through the city at night, looking at the Christmas lights, feeling that sense of wonder and […]
Read more "The Promise of Light"Today is the first Sunday of advent, the beginning of the four-week period leading up to Christmas when we anticipate and prepare for light and love to be born into our world once again. Noticed or unnoticed, we—as living beings–live our lives in touch with light. We feel it, and grumble, when the days grow […]
Read more "Preparing the Way"We are made for light. Sunlight literally triggers a happiness hormone in our brains that helps us stay calm and focused. Researchers now know that certain conditions—like depression and anxiety—get worse when we don’t get enough sunlight. Many of us complain on gray, dreary days in the middle of winter that we feel blue and […]
Read more "Seeing in the Dark"Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was afraid of having nightmares. Night after night, she’d come wandering out to the living room long after she was supposed to be asleep. Night after night, her mom would take her by the hand, lead her back to bed, and tuck her in. One […]
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The Space between the Words 