12.21.2022 | Wednesday in Winter

Day:  38-degrees  |  Night:  32-degrees  |  Winter Storm Warning
It seems it is now officially a Winter Storm Warning for late this evening and tomorrow here in South Saint Louis.  The plants are already telling us it is Winter but today is the official beginning.  For the past six months the days have been growing shorter and the nights growing longer and longer.  Today that trend reverses itself and the days will begin to slowly lengthen into Spring.  The light is coming in more ways than one!

It's been a busy around here.  Visits with friends, family and neighbors.  Tonight, is our small Christmas gathering with the wee ones and their mom and dad.  We celebrate Christmas day together, but we always have a small, pre-Christmas with just us.  Christmas day can become hectic with the gathering crowds.  It's nice to simply exchange gifts and eat pizza without the chaos.  We cherish these moments because everyone is getting older, and we know how that changes everything.  The oldest is driving now and isn't around as much anymore.  That's how it's supposed to be.  That's why we cherish the now because the next isn't guaranteed.  That's my hope and prayer this season:  cherish the now.  

It's cloudy in Carondelet this morning.  A chill is in the air but nothing like what is coming.  Winds are light and variable.  Change is coming.  Cherish the now!  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.