It’s the day after Thanksgiving, which means we can officially begin the Christmas season! One of my favorite parts of the season is the Christmas tree decked in finery. For years I held an annual party where I would choose a theme and ask guests to bring an ornament which represented that theme. Not only did I collect a nice haul of ornaments, but the creativity and fun expressed within the ornament them choice was always a delight to see. It was my way of bringing my communities together, and I have warm memories of those times when I unpack those ornaments each year. Through my own personal tragedy, I lost years of that ornament collection; so, I can empathize a bit with the loss suffered by last December’s tornado victims in Kentucky.Read More