run-up to Christmas...20...

sometimes tough things happen in the run-up to Christmas....

the soldering gun belonged to my dad...who died 25 years ago today....he used to make the most beautiful thing for all of us!

then last year... my one and only niece married...and it was a wonderful time...how life is woven with patterns that make it rich and full of memories....something to be so very thankful for....and all made even more full set against the real meaning of Christmas