C. S. Thurman

It has finally snowed!

I love the feeling that comes with snow during December. It helps bring in that Christmas spirit as it blankets everything in white. It helps to remind us of Christ’s purity and the way that we should live our lives too. It doesn’t remove the dead trees or the brown bushes. Instead, it helps show us the beauty that there is in Winter and is a reminder of what will come with Spring.

This hits home just a little bit more this year since last month my aunt died. I didn’t mention it in my previous post because I had already written it when I had received the news. It was hard to hear, and sad because she was not much older than my own mom who was her sister. It made me realize how precious life is and how much we need to be there for the ones we love. I’m not talking about being there physically, but giving them a call every now and again, or just letting them know we’re thinking about them.

As life goes on it gets harder and harder to stay in touch all the time, but a note here, or a message there can make all the difference in the world in letting someone know that you care.

With my aunt’s passing it reminds me that we all must go through the Winter of death. The green of life fades, and the sun shines less often in a gray and dreary world. But when the snow comes and lays on everything it touches it helps to remind us of Christ and what he did so that we can have life again in him. Just like the snow enriches the Winter and turns it into something beautiful, I know that her life is enriched more now than it was in life. She is now with our Lord and Savior and all my family that has passed on before now. She can know peace and rest, and one day I’ll be able to see her again.

When that time comes it will be like Spring again, and it will be lush with feelings and emotions, and the warmth within our hearts will last forever. I do mourn for her passing, but I know that in the grand scheme of things it will but a little while, and I pray for her family that are suffering more than I, and that everything will be all right for them.

I have no great updates on my writing other than it is coming along. I won’t be able to finish The Necromancer’s Deceit until next year, but I’m hoping that it will be done shortly after that.

Until then, enjoy the next Muldrix story, and Merry Christmas from me to you!