Sat down to write Christmas cards tonight
Only to realize, I had to make a transfer to create more room
As I rewrote each name and address, one change kept coming up
So many things are different one year later
A friendship that has been washed out
A wife who decided to walk away
A grandparent has left for the other side
A husband who said goodbye forever
My heart broke after I wrote one name and not the other
My eyes shed tears as I remembered what was lost
My inhale grew a little deeper and the exhale a little longer
So many things have changed just one year later
A bond forgotten for brighter days
A dream shattered beyond recognition
A once in a lifetime sliced beyond repair
A light that grew dimmer until it smoldered
Oh, how I wish I could wave a little wand
Make wronged things right and old things anew
Oh, how I pray You’d come back sooner
Make desolate times dissipate with a feverish hope
You can change so many unraveled in so much less than one year later…
the grizzle grist mill 
I don’t write as many Christmas cards these days Mia … after my mom passed away in January 2010, I continued to send birthday cards and at Christmas a card and short letter. The last one died this year.
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Yeah. There will probably be a day that I’ll slow down writing them, too. I’m sorry about your friend or relative passing. Losing so many is hard. I love that God gives us hope in His story of redemption that this is not the end! 💞 Praying you have a blessed Christmas season.
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Many things can change in one year, indeed.
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Yes, more than we can even imagine!
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