Happy December! Getting to the last month of this year in one piece feels like an accomplishment to me. Every year, there is the tension of busy and calm. We eat Ainsley's birthday cake by the light of Advent candles. Contemplation and Celebration side by side. Solomn and joyous. We feel both, and not always at the "correct" times. Grateful for a sick day in pjs. Reflective during a fun get-together. Let's hold both hands open so we can guide ourselves and others better at the end of a complicated year toward hope in a new one.