Update

What a long December it has been already.

My kids had strep throat, and after just a week's respite we ALL contracted Influenza B. We are on the mend and the big kids are back at school. Even with healing happening, I am exhausted. I started trying to get the house back in order after a week of being couch and bed-ridden, and barely finished straightening my kitchen before I decided it would be best to shut up and sit down.

I've loved the saints of this fast, and the feast days. St. Barbara, St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Herman of Alaska, Conception of the Theotokos...What beautiful remembrances along with the joy of the coming of the birth of the Christ child.

Short post. More to come hopefully later.