After so much woe, I got up and picked up the shades.  It is snowing!  First snow of the season.  Although I may not welcome the weather with such heartiness in February or March, today it looks like a sign from above and beyond to be full of good cheer.  My eclectic holiday mix is blasting throughout the house, Julia is putting up jelly window decorations, I am figuring out how to light a shrub.

Magic pierces the dark.  Light and babies are cause to celebrate.  So is snow and glorious music.

No, I don't believe that my micromanaging deity or dead true love is sending signs but I do believe that there is wonder in the world and it is available and I can claim it as my own.

Happy.  Merry.