So this is Christmas...

May you all find a moment of peace held within the frantic Christmas celebrations. Mine was found while sitting vigil with my grandfather Friday night. He will remain in the hospital until Tuesday and will enter hospice Wednesday. For those of you who pray, please pray for us as a family, for us to be at peace with the difficult decisions regarding what defines peaceful end of life (in conflict of the doctor's definition- their definition involves needles and ventilators and ours does not), and for grandpa Martin to pass peacefully without further suffering, should that be God's will.

We are discovering our strength as a family unit this Christmas, and are managing some proper merriness despite the evolving situation.