Season's Change


You cannot fight it, you cannot stop it...the more you struggle against it, the more it will hurt.  Change.will.happen. 

We are in the midst of such change.  Holidays seem to put a magnifying glass on this change.  My sister joined her daughter in Orlando who celebrated Christmas with her boyfriend's family.  Change for me and my mother.  Gigi spent her first Christmas away from her older kids.  Change for all the Figueroas.  The Quilons are not being inclusive, more change, change and change.  Through it all, a constant reminder to myself that this season is about jesus.  there is beauty in the quiet of just celebrating my Lord. 

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