Found it in the Sunday Paper

Great essays in the SundayStyles Section of the NY Times.

Jewish in a Winter Wonderland–A Jewish woman’s essay on discovering holiday decorating joy.  “I love that as soon as I told a Catholic friend what I was up to, she invited me to a gingerbread-house decorating party.  How fun is that?  And why wasn’t I invited before?  What does a gingerbread house have to do with Jesus?”

Close Enough for Momma, Too Close for Me–A gay son’s essay on moving in to care for his 82-year-old mother.  “And there I lay, as close to the edge as possible, listening to my mother’s breathing while gazing out the windows at the lights and the street and the neighbors’ windows beyond.  I tried not to think of the fraught weeks and months ahead, of days and nights that would turn out to be filled with more indignity, suffering, closeness and grace than I ever could have imagined.  I thought only:  ‘I can do this.  I can.  But tomorrow, first thing, I’m buying new shades.’”