I heard our daughters yell, “Dad, you’re supposed to be fasting!” I poked my head into the kitchen to see Francis foraging in the cheese drawer of the refrigerator.
I heard our daughters yell, “Dad, you’re supposed to be fasting!” I poked my head into the kitchen to see Francis foraging in the cheese drawer of the refrigerator.
… Fueled by a colossal sense of relief, I march back into the house, going room by room to purge all evidence of Christmas…
I dragged a fake tree from the basement and collapsed onto the couch, where I fell asleep with my mouth open while watching a crime documentary about serial killers…
Finding the Way Home
But, as I waited and watched in our village market that day, I realized that no one in the store knew who I was…