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Sara Em's avatar

This is the season where my broth disappears faster than I can make it, and some soups end up with more water than I'd intended. But that's a good thing, a result of my baby girl leaning forward and opening her mouth wide, asking for 'more soup, mama.' I just need to make more.

I think the decay of the autumn leaves and frostbitten flowers is one of holiness, a reminder of God's renewal through natural processes, seasons of hibernation, and nutrient cycling. Just as He renews the grasses and leaves, so to will He renew me.

Help my confusion? My calendar's say Advent begins December 3rd, the four Sundays before Christmas. Is there an alternate Advent calendar?

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Anja Smoliak's avatar

The scents / essences that are reminiscent of thIS season for me are Frankincense, CINnamon, and Orange. It's a time of makINg jam with my Husband, with BErries that WE foraged IN the Forest with our own Humble hands. A True deLight for All of our senses. I AM remINded by the short days and the long nights, that repose and rest are productive and vital. On my daily WELLth walks as I like to call them, I see the Trees BEINg emptied, as their Leaves fall to the ground wHere they Will decompose and affirm and fertilize more Life. The Trees reflect back to me that even when I AM BEINg emptied (by God) - I AM NOT EMPTY. Thank you for thIS INvitation! God Bless 🤍

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