WINTER'S GRACE

Among the pile of December’s tinsel is found a Currier and Ives card. The scene of an old farm house, with smoke billowing from the fireplace, is dusted with a blanket of snow. Old majestic elms frame the barn and frozen pond, and flocks of geese fly overhead. Long drippy icicles, hanging from the barn’s roof, reminds us that even Mother Nature likes to adorn herself with crystal earrings during Winter’s Grace. Everything looks and feels pristine. It is so lovely and reminds us in some small way of winters from yesteryear when life seemed so simple—Oh, Winter’s Grace—how lovely! But this is not yesteryear, it is this year. The homes across the road also have a blanket of snow and smoke also billows from their fireplaces. We are reminded that although Winter’s Grace is upon us that the warmth of cherished friends and wonderful neighbors brings peace and comfort to our little neck of the woods, our neighborhood. It may be cold outside but it is warm here in our own picture of Currier and Ives.