December 2

It rained a lot today, and that, in and of itself, was a God wink because we needed it so badly. But I never saw anything that made me go 'hmm.' So a few minutes ago, I asked for something, as I've done a handful of times over the past two years.

And then I felt drawn to the living room where our Christmas tree stands.

There's something so calming about sitting in a room that's completely dark save the lights of a Christmas tree. It's so purely, inexplicably relaxing that at its core, I figure it must be a God-thing in one way or another. For that calm quiet and those moments of simple respite, I'm thankful, even if I don't really understand why sitting there has such a profound effect on my psyche.