Is there a less peaceful way to spend Advent than shopping at a mall, on a Saturday afternoon, two weeks before Christmas? I think not. But I needed just one more thing. The backed-up traffic on the exit ramp and the jam-packed parking lot should have told me to turn around. But no, I just had to do it.
Read moreDay 13: PEACE for others at Christmas
OK, this assignment of “doing” PEACE every day for a week is getting exhausting. Not that I don’t want to spread peace; it’s just that it is a little hard to capture in an act. So today’s post is a bit of a stretch. But it is an act of kindness, and kindness seems to be the foundation for PEACE, so we’ll go with it.
Read moreDay 12: PEACE in the car
So, let’s just say this encounter did not start on a peaceful note. After getting her coat on and assembling her needed items into a bag, I pushed her in her wheelchair to my car. One look at my car, and that was it. There was no way she was going to get into an SUV; she just could not do it.
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