Come On Over to the Dark Side of Christmas

Come On Over to the Dark Side of Christmas

I probably shouldn’t admit this, but lately I live for the moment each day when I turn down my street and see my neighbor’s inflatable Santa face down in the grass, his pack crumpled as if he’s been robbed, his legs twisted as if a rogue reindeer...
Merry Christmas from the Darkness

Merry Christmas from the Darkness

Do you ever feel like darkness is following you around like a shadow, hovering close? I have felt like that this season. It’s not that I’m depressed or Grinch-y or needing a jolt of coffee or a sleigh ride in a red dress under sparkly Christmas lights to...
A Different Kind of Christmas this Year

A Different Kind of Christmas this Year

“It’s going to be a different kind of Christmas this year,” she said, smoothing the covers of her twin bed. As we visited, I wondered how it felt to go back to a twin, now, in her old age. Now, with no one else’s legs to bump against at...