The week after Christmas, it seems a little like a falling off, like a sudden dissipation of the wave of anticipation we’ve been riding. We look at the gifts that have been unwrapped and regret some of the ones bought, some of the ones not bought, and it’s easy to settle into a funk when all we see is leftover wrappings, empty wrappings. Sometimes the week after Christmas can feel empty. But as we catch our breath, we find there is grace in the lull to learn again to simply be . . . and to choose what our word of the year will be.

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