It dangled from a peg with the displayed Christmas ornaments. The miniature, rainbow-colored xylophone with its tiny mallet caught my eye. I smiled as I pictured my eight-month old grandson, Cam, banging on his toy xylophone. He creates music only a grandparent can love. This Christmas, I decided to continue a tradition my mother began …
Pause. Hit the pause button sometime today. Between the ripping and tearing, between the selfies and awkward family photos, between the hugs and tears, between the heavy forks and extra helpings, between the hot chocolate and the hot, crazy weather, between the arguments and “someone needs a nap”, between the re-gifting and the returning, between wishing it …