Over the Christmas holidays, the grandkids upheld Granpa’s annual tradition of holiday Christmas carols with their jam session versions of Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock and Walking in a Winter Wonderland.
Max and Christine got their share of the Walking in the Winter Wonderland this year. They ended up spending several days stuck in the first round of the Boston Blizzard. Max then hit another round of delays in the Pittsburgh area, turning his two-day trip turned into a nine-day one. Hardly like balmy Seattle where Chuck and Jenny are still waiting for enough snow for area skiing.
Life never quite goes as we plan it, sometimes with pleasant surprises and others with an abruptness that stops you in your tracks. Our families know well the drama of health issues, from heart to cancer. While we probably share common fears and some an uncommon faith, each situation is different, with its own set of medical and emotional dynamics, twists and turns, and next steps.
It’s like that summer kids’ game with the winter theme, freeze tag. When you get tagged, you have to stop in place until someone tags you to unfreeze you. Then you are free to take a new route and different path to avoid another freeze.
A thaw from health issues takes us in new directions. Spring forward.
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