Grace-period

Watching Doctor Who, particularly his 11th regeneration, viewers notice a pattern beginning with the crack in the wall of little Amelia Pond's bedroom. She prays for help because she knows something is wrong. "Dear Santa, Thank you for the dolls and pencils and fish. It’s Easter now, so I hope I didn’t wake you. But honest, it is an emergency. There’s a crack in my wall. Aunt Sharon says it’s just an ordinary crack but I know it’s not. Because at night there’s voices. So please, please could you send someone to fix it. Or a policeman… or…  Thank you Santa." Of course, this isn't the last time we will see the crack because it is actually a crack in time and space caused by two points that shouldn't exist in the same plane. Yep. Easy to understand, right?  I mean, how often through our lives do we run our fingers over the same crack and tell ourselves this isn't the way life is supposed to be.  Two worlds intersecting...heaven and earth colliding...the crack tel

 I haven't written here for a long time. Well, over a year, despite me telling myself that I would. Life sometimes gets in the way, and writing for school had filled this hole.  Epiphany is the day that I celebrate as my baptism anniversary. When asked what my favorite holiday is, I always struggle to come up with an adequate answer because I fear that people won't understand, but this is it.  Epiphany is a day that I look forward to every year. And it isn't just for my baptism but also because it is the day that the Church celebrates the wise, learned men finding the babe they sought to honor-the Christ child. The Epiphany is also known as Theophany, the manifestation of God  When I awaken every January 6th, I seek to "see" God.  This January 6th, I woke from my night shift sleep to a riot happening at the Capitol. At first, I had to double check the channel of the TV at the diner. This couldn't be real, could it?  Not on THIS day.  But yes, of course, it was