QMusings

I love Christmas songs.

Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, chestnuts roasting, nothing stirring…
I haven’t had a Christmas tree in years but I recall the glittery twinkly tinsely wonder I had at the Christmas tree we put up when I was a kid.
A REAL tree.
With REAL tinsel (almost like aluminum foil) that mom saved (neatly) year after year.
Dad [...]

Continuing my story about A Very Special Gift I received…
Mommy and Daddy separate and slowly, everything falls apart.

Lines are drawn.
Papers are filed.
Divorce. So much paperwork. So much pain.
I see Daddy every other weekend.
Daddy is angry and confused. In his world, he followed the rules – he worked hard, he got married, he had a child, [...]

About a week ago I mentioned that I hoped to write about an incredible gift I had received. At first I wasn’t sure I would even share the gift, as it is private and profound.

But the very nature of the gift is that it should be shared. I have struggled with how to share my [...]