mary, did you know?

December 1, 2007 | Filed Under ordinary 

apparently joseph is no match for a transformer. accidents do, indeed, happen, especially around here, and especially when the uncoordinated teeter on the arm of a chair while hosting the battle. why couldn’t it have been a wise man? the shepherd boy with the sheep over his shoulders? the lazy camel? no, it has to be a member of the holy family.  i tried not to moralize. when i sit in the living room i imagine what joseph will look like after i have attempted to fix him (not a good image: i do not do super glue without mishap). mary now looks lonely, and as though she is saying, “oh, my.”

we made a tree again. it’s not as nice as the one we made last year, but it does the job of holding the lights and garland in the air so that we can see the twinkling from many corners of the house. henry and i searched the yard for good branches while jude gathered the not-so-good and lined them in the driveway. the good branches haven’t fallen yet, “we need some wind,” henry and i think, say.

lola is perfect and lovely and we are all enjoying her as much and more than we knew we would. she kicks her legs towards the tree (foretelling next year, no doubt) to tell us that she, too, is excited about the lights, the stars in strings and silver, the glittering balls suspended, winking.

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