Wintertide Tractations: Ready
Wintertide Tractations: Ready Start: When one is a child, it's easy to be ready for what is deemed exciting. Just around the bend an adventure awaits and there's no need for delay or preparation in a child's mind. "Diving in" and "discovering" are all the focus. Last night as my family was visiting with our youth pastor's family at a local lights display, Spice expressed eagerness over the nearness of Christmas. She was ready for it to be here! Mrs. Wynneth and I laughingly agreed that we were glad for the days we still have until then! That eager, child-readiness is something I do not want to let go of. Not the hap-hazard, no-worries kind of mentality, not the childishness. No, I want the child likeness . I remember The Grandmother once putting a very definite difference between the two and I've not forgotten it. Childlikeness. That anticipation for what's ahead, that sparkle in the eye that loves mystery and sur...