Christmas Cookies

It's been on my mind, the desire to bake since before Thanksgiving. Today, I finally cooked up the strength to whip up a batch of Candy Cane cookie dough. 

Tomorrow the girls will turn them into Candy Canes and the house will smell like a bakery.

December Skies

I might have missed the skies tonight, if not for a series of misfortunate events.

It made everything worth it all.

At Last

The Christmas Tree is in the house!

Loving the smell of pine in the house.

Back in the Saddle

Cycle 12, Day 1, after a month and a half reprieve.

Much Relieved and Very Exhausted

The visit started ominously necessitating a visit to the ER, my heart pounding all the way there. Somewhere during the three hour visit, his rambunctiousness returned, the first sign that there would be a happy ending. 

We arrived back at their house, much relieved and very exhausted. Naps were in order.

What Christmas Looks Like

It's beginning to look like Christmas…

The Drive Home

My first day back in the office after a month of working from home as I convalescence. I expected that I might have to leave early, but I didn't.

Thus began my long commute home. It was the best commute of my life in so many ways.

The Poem Corner

I asked for a poem about joy. She pulled a piece of 3 x 5 kraft card stock out, loaded into her typewriter and after a momentary pause began typing away. When she read to me her finished prose, I smiled at its perspection. I walked away, poem in hand, joy in heart.