This is the picture I chose for our Christmas card this year. A decent picture of the two of us where we both are smiling and looking at the camera is a rare find…and this one fills me with both joy and longing.

We stand in the land that calls my heart…Vermont, specifically, the Von Trapp Family property. If Prince Edward Island felt like home, the Trapp Family Lodge felt like Grandma’s house.

But you’ll have to wait until I start my Vermont posts to hear about that.

With the day waited for all year finally upon us, I hope you find the calm to cherish the goodness of the holiday, to love on those lacking in cheer, to give to those less fortunate, and to remember our Savior without whom we would have no reason for goodness, cheer, charity, or love.

Merry Christmas