Something about Christmas always hurts. Do I cry? Do I laugh? Often it can be so painful, we can barely think about it.  But Christmas rolls in with the winter. It gets dark, and we want to be comforted. And little by little the red & green lights appear around us, the glitter and shortbread cookies. We hear snippets of songs that go right into our psyche, and squeeze. 

My first Christmas with Rachel! was inspired by the cold and the relentless quality of winter, the injustice of life and how it is magnified at Christmas time. You see people on the outside with nowhere to go, and the people on the inside gathering around the fire. And the feelings! There are so many conflicting feelings at this time of year. And light in darkness.