“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love,
trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity.
The order varies for any given year.”

~ Paul Sweeney

“And the Grinch,
with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling,
how could it be so?
It came without ribbons.
It came without tags.
It came without packages,
boxes or bags.
And he puzzled and puzzled
’till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something
he hadn’t before.
What if Christmas, he thought,
doesn’t come from a store.
What if Christmas, perhaps,
means a little bit more.”

~ Dr. Seuss

“One kind word
can warm three winter months.”

~ Japanese Proverb

Today is the winter solstice, also called the first day of winter for those of us in the northern hemisphere. [Read more →]