Monthly Archives: December 2022

Christmas Tears

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

I’ve been thinking about tears lately. They wash away emotions too heavy to endure, too tangled to name. They keep us from imploding. With a sigh of discouragement and exasperation, an acquaintance once asked me, “What’s wrong with the world? … Continue reading →

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You Are My Everything

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Sunday, it was snowing, and my husband was recovering from Covid, so I took a shower and dressed in fresh pajamas. My plan for the day, skip church, go nowhere, and couch potato all day long. Laying around, in my … Continue reading →

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The Creche

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

This week I put up the creche I made with my mom when I was little. This post is a kind of rerun, an edited version of a post about that creche that I shared a few years back before … Continue reading →

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