Tonight:
I’m home — safe and warm, after all my travels. Rain patters softly on the roof.
I think back to the time I spent with family over the past few days, and to the way I gave my body permission to enjoy this holiday fully and completely:
I stood over a wide Wolf range, stirring and breathing in steam.
I sat at a long polished table with eight of my little tribe, and I ate.
I walked down from the house to the river. Ambled along the water’s edge on Christmas morning, when a fog lay over the world like a white blanket –the opposite shore swallowed completely by cloud.
I curled up on the sofa with my three-year-old nephew, J. Let him tuck his head under my chin.
I held my newest nephew, N, for the very first time. Felt him go heavy and slack in my arms, his head lolling back to my shoulder in sleep.
And at church, on Christmas Eve, I stood in the crowd and sang Silent Night with one hand cupped around the golden glow of a little candle. I took in the scatter of light across stained glass — the thousand voices melding — for the briefest moment — into one…
And I was grateful.
Not just for my spirit — the part of me for which the holiday was made — but for my body, which gives me a dozen other ways to experience the magic of it:
In flesh and in bone.
In star-dazzled eyes.
Ears open to song.
Lungs breathing in the scent of winter greenery.
Hands laced into other hands.
Warmth on my skin, and in my heart.
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And this — all of this — is good. ❤
ASHLEY WILSON FELLERS 
nice one
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you add very good blogs
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Well thank you for that! And welcome. 🙂
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your most welcome but i have read your first post and this was mind blowing
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Thank you! Very kind. I look forward to checking out your site. 🙂
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please come and visit my website also and give me some comments. my website bodyfitness785.wordpress.com
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Beautifully written, e.g. ‘the scatter of light across stained glass’
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Thanks Derrick! Hope you had a beautiful holiday with your people. 🙂
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Yes, thanks, Ashley. You too
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🙂
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I’m so glad that you had such a remarkable, mindful, joyful, glorious Christmas experience! Also, that is an absolutely stunning picture! How did you capture the light? It’s beautiful! I missed you while you were gone. Glad you’re back. 🙂
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Aw, thank you … The photo just happened. I took it in the dark, which helps.
How are you doing during this time?? Thinking about you …
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Beautiful!
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Thank you for that … And happy holidays!! 🙂
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There was lots of light for you. I’m glad.
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Me too, lady. Finding ways of passing it on. 🙂
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