Status Updates From Tidings Of Comfort and Joy:...

Ok not twee anymore as the war orphans were brought into the story. I'm ruining my makeup...

A little twee--but 'tis the season. A little post-WWII historical fiction, a little romance.

"That loss was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. It taught me that some lessons can only come to us in the guise of sadness. Some of our greatest gifts start in ways that will tempt us to turn away from what is being offered. But if we have the strength and the will and the faith to accept the bad with the good, we can be rewarded with a richness that is truly beyond human understanding."

It is difficult not to take the granddaughter as melodramatic about everything now. I enjoy the grandma's post WWII story much more than the present day story.

I am having a difficult time relating to the granddaughter. I have teens in that age and am around their friends and I I just cannot imagine any of them ever acting like her. I can see them being upset, but this feels like toddler level petulance.

Eee it's Christmastime, folks!!