NOT THIS YEAR (AND THAT’S OK) : Celebrating quietly

We have not decked the halls

this year -

stuff went down,

got in the way,

and that’s ok.

Instead, we enjoy

the final crisp filigrees

of the willow tree –

still graceful,

the last to shed,

the first to return.

An icon of grit, hope and perseverance.

Just like us.