Christmas is officially “over” by commercial standards. Yesterday while doing some returns I saw cute Valentine’s ‘must haves’ prominently displayed.  True confession: I am not quite ready to let go of the season.  Reality: I don’t have to.  Thankfully, we are going to celebrate Epiphany at our wonderful church and continue to ponder the mystery of Christ’s birth and our place in the story.  My friend Sarah sent me a beautiful poem in my Christmas card.  I thought I would share it:

A stable lamp is lighted,

Whose glow shall wake the sky;

The stars shall bend their voices,

And every stone shall cry.

And every stone shall cry.

And straw like gold shall shine;

A barn shall harbor heaven.

A stall become a shrine.

-Richard Wilbur

We had a wonderful Christmas with my parents and a post-Christmas trip to the beach with my parents and sister.  The big boys surfed for the first time, and loved it!  I’ll post pictures as soon as I receive them.

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