Well, here we are. Christmas is behind us once again, except for the tasks of finding space for all of the gifts and disposing of the wrappings.

And as we look forward to the end of a monumentally difficult year and the start of a new (and hopefully better) one, I find the perfect sentiment for today to be one expressed by the late essayist and author Susan Sontag:

“I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.”

I suspect we could all use an extra helping of that.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
12/26/25