…to continue my Norman Rockwell Christmas in Cleveland: I slept late this morning and woke to hear Ben’s family gathered around the piano downstairs playing Christmas carols together. Ben’s mom (the piano teacher) on the piano, his sister (the actress) singing, ben on trumpet. my family never has been the gather-round-the-piano-and-sing sort of family (and if they were, god help me, it would be a lot harder for me to duck out of singing obligations), but it’s heartwarming to be adopted into a family that is.
pies cooling in the kitchen, a skiff of fresh snow outside…
{24 December 2012}
