Window Over The Sink

by Jennifer Wilck As Hanukkah rolls around this year, I find that I’m focusing on the idea of light. Specifically, lighting up a world that seems increasingly dark. For eight nights, my family and I will light our nine-branched candelabra, the menorah, increasing the candles by one each night until all eight (and the helper candle) are lit on the last night. That last night is my favorite night of all. In a darkened room with only the glow of the menorah, we are bathed in lig

by Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy "One of our family traditions is to collect special ornaments as keepsakes. One of my first ornaments was also my first doll, gifted to me by my grandmother. The star dates back to my dad's childhood in the 1940's." He wore a blue mailman’s uniform, not the classic red suit and fur-trimmed hat but my Uncle Roy filled the shoes of Santa Claus as well as anyone I’ve ever known. In 1972, he made one little girl’s Christmas both bright and memorable w