Not What They Were Expecting

We’re wired to wish for good things.  Ask any kid if they’re wishing for bad things for Christmas. We would all go back to the Garden of Eden if we could. We are all homesick for Heaven. Utopia, Nirvana, one with the Universe, in a perfect world, “happily ever after”, good triumphs over evil… are…

Christmas in an RV

That awkward moment when you inadvertently crash somebody’s Christmas party.  You see, I was desperately searching for medicine for our sick adopted kitten.  To my surprise, I saw cars at the Feed Store although it was a Sunday afternoon.  I wasted no time hustling into the store, but to my consternation, there was music, food,…

Not What She Expected

Poor Mary The high of talking with an angel.  The excitement of having a heavenly appointment.  The reassurance of her old aunt already aware of her happy news. The low of realizing that Joseph, her beloved, didn’t know.  How could she ever explain the unexplainable?  Then the relief of Joseph getting his own angel visit….

Gift Suggestions

He proudly placed the gift into my hands.  I recognized the logo on the box immediately. What gifts stand out in your memory?  A surprise something that was way beyond what you expected?  Something you gave a loved one that really delighted them?  An occasion when you had hopes of getting a certain something and…

Where is he?

“When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.  So they went in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the Baby.  And when they had seen this, they…

Christmas Past

In my mind’s eye, I can see my family lining up in the vestibule of my aunt’s small, old home.  The youngest first, me, then my cousins, parents, aunt, and uncle take their places by age with the oldest last.  All the lights are off except for the Christmas tree I know is in the…