Day: December 11, 2024

Jean and I had been married a mere seven weeks when we learned of the “advent” (the coming) of our first child. Seven weeks. I was still alarmed to seeing woman’s shoes in the closet. I was still forgetting to plan with someone else in mind.  Now I’m being asked to make room for another someone? Advent might seem like a strange word to describe the coming of my firstborn. Isn’t advent  a “sacred” word? Yes, but the basic definition fits. Advent derives from the Latin roots; ad meaning “to” or… Continue reading advent: turning toward the coming