April 2025

April 2025

 April 2025: The Fool’s Journey This morning, my favorite conspiracy-theorist friend posted, Happy New Year! I decided to engage, expecting an April Fools! response. Instead, the reply was that April 1 is actually the real New Year’s Day. Curious, I did...
March 2025

March 2025

 March 2025: Remembering This Woman’s History March is Women’s History Month and I turn 68 on March 31. Reflecting on my own journey, here are personal moments that stand out: Wearing pants to school for the first time in sixth grade—just in time for mini...
February 2025

February 2025

February: Snakes and Lovers The Lunar New Year begins on January 29, marking the start of the Year of the Wood Snake according to Chinese tradition. The Snake symbolizes wisdom, transformation, and personal growth, while the Wood element brings flexibility and...
January 2025

January 2025

The Two Faces of January Named for Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and transitions, January has two faces—one face gazes into the past and the other faces peers into the future, perfectly symbolizing the threshold we stand upon at the start of each year. In a world...
December 2024

December 2024

Divine December December is widely regarded as a season of light, as the darkest and shortest days of the year gradually yield to brighter, longer ones. Across cultures and traditions, this time has been celebrated as a triumph of light over darkness. For Christians,...