making ready

Cyndi likes crafting around the holidays, especially. She had wanted photos of the cats - for ornaments. I thought one with Mr. Kibble and one with Henry would be very nice. Then I asked her if she could make an extra Kibble ornament for Diane. She did!

Today was the day I was set on; last year, on Christmas Eve day Diane called me to say that Kibble had gone into her house on his own. I wanted to give her something to thank her for taking such loving care of him and letting us share in that, especially at the end. I brought her some cookies, a box of chocolates and the ornament. We were getting teary-eyed talking about him.

Cyndi also made one for Elizabeth with her dear Cleo on it.

"Advent is closing and the longing of the Church for light and for the spring, the budding forth of the Savior, is culminating in the mystery of Christmas, and we can put aside our cares to make the house of our soul ready for for the Child, with prayer as simple as a folk song, rocking the cradle of peace to the beating of the human heart."

                                              -  Caryll Houselander,  from Magnificat