Happy Christmas! Happy Holidays! - No. 176

Quiet before the storm

IT’S HOURS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE WILL BE AWAKE. A flight is delayed coming into Nashville airport. My best friend and I fill the stockings and breathe before a granddaughter arrives, the old doll buggy starts screeching its rickety wheels around the downstairs, laughter begins, and the oven is preheated for Christmas breakfast one with local bagels, lox, c…