Summoning Angels
Perhaps the worst losses are the ones that we don’t expect: the children who die before their parents, the young mothers or fathers whose lives laid ahead of them, the mothers we expected to be in our...
View ArticleA Christmas Album, Shared with Dad
Rainy Christmas morning, shared memories with Dad at the breakfast table … 1953, my sister Midge’s last Christmas… 1954… brother Dean arrived on the scene… 1956 in Kingston, Ontario… Nana in the...
View ArticleThe Night I (Finally) Understood Christmas
My favorite Christmas moment was the last one before I fell hard asleep. I’d been in commandant mode all day, maybe all month, but finally — finally — the presents were opened, the meal was produced,...
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