Surviving the Divided Family Christmas

Surviving the Divided Family Christmas

“I’m not coming if your father is going to be there.” Sadly, this is a familiar reply to the Christmas invite in families of divorce. My parents divorced the year of our wedding, so these refrains are familiar territory.  They challenge our ability to walk in the...

The People Who Bring Us Christmas

On a boring, grey Monday morning, we saw it. The white semi truck backed into the Cosley Zoo with hordes of men in flannel, hauling nettled bundles down the ramp, stacking them against a sea of tilted wooden crosses. “The Christmas trees are here!” My son screamed as...