I am fairly certain I am “messing up” as I light the menorah. (Do I allow the shamash to keep burning?) But I learn a bit more each year..(the answer is ‘yes’)

I am fairly certain I am “messing up” as I light the menorah. (Do I allow the shamash to keep burning?) But I learn a bit more each year..(the answer is ‘yes’)
…her brutal truths and long silences which she would wield as weaponry, had been ground down, curved softly into conscious wisdom.
Rather than heavy words and even heavier thoughts and feels, maybe just a bit of cuteness!
December 25, 2020 May your days be filled with peace, merriment and lots of love! Merry Christmas! Love…with a kiss,… Read more Merry Christmas!
As we met the lake, the sky softened from clear blue to an enveloping grey in the haloed light of the setting sun.
Now the pre-dawn glow of Christmas tree lights and lazy embers from the fire nudged me awake, gently reminding me that I had no pressure of a day’s schedule.