Christmas snuck up on me this year. I have been experiencing mysterious pain and my thoughts have been scattered for awhile. I have started to enjoy distraction (from the pain) in whatever form it comes. But she does not distract me. She revives me- in every word she says, every silly smile and every screech of joy. She marches through life believing each day is hers to relish. Why not? She is virtually untarnished and she sees the world in its innate beauty. I just follow and soak her in. I field her questions and try to keep her healthy and whole, body and soul. I know that I would die for her and, as the pain in my body spreads and intensifies, I discover that I want to live for her. It is a gift to be alive, to have a chance to celebrate the holiness of holidays and to be in the presence of unbridled emotion. 
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