A Fire in the Hearth

​Today is the first snow.   A fire is dancing in our wood stove in the corner of our log cabin.  I feel warm and safe as I watch the snow falling down out the window.  Like a kid, I always feel excited for the first snow.  It thrills me.  Perhaps it is the change which I find exciting.  My prayer today is to be open to what today holds.  If I can be open to each moment with grace today, I will have lived.  I find myself slipping into unconscious reactions with my kids, with my husband, with others too quickly.  Help me to be open to your spirit today, God.  May I live with the excitement, wonder and openness of a child.