Twixtmas

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I complained to my friend that I never knew what day of the week it was in the period between Christmas and New Year's, or, to be truthful, between the Sunday before Christmas and the Sunday after New Year's. She told me that period is called "Twixtmas." Seems perfect to me since we are betwixt two major events and between order and chaos.

So, during twixtmas I overheard a few gems that made me smile, ponder and smile again. 

• "I'm not weird. I'm perfectly normal. " This was a snippet of conversation between two teenage girls. I wondered what had provoked the comment, but I was relieved to hear the reply. We are reminded so often of the angst of youth and the subsequent poor choices. I applaud the girl who is "perfectly normal."                   
• " . . . a nation committed to building peace. . . " Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada in her new year's message. Elbows up has been a rallying cry for 2025, but building peace is a worthy goal for our country in 2026.                                                                                                                                                                                                
• "with peace comes kindness, or with kindness comes peace . . . music can unite all of us, because we live on the same planet." Yannick Nézet-Séguin when he conducted the New Year's Day concert, in Vienna.

Now that Epiphany Sunday has come and gone, the decorations will come down, lists will be filed and we'll all start to know it's seven days between Sundays. But I pray we can hang onto the joy of greeting a newborn King, hold hope for a kinder year ahead, and know the peace that comes from God. "God bless us, everyone."