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Insert metaphor of disorder, grouped around a spot of serenity

I call this family portrait reject, “Merry Christmas from Joel!”

It’s a sweet photo of our Joely Bean. He’s like the yolk in a runny egg, the nucleus in a cell, the sun in a chaotic solar system, the eye of a hurricane.

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

He was a secret last Christmas. He was there, newer than new, hidden from everyone in the world but my husband and me. I knew about him as I watched our other children open gifts and eat their Christmas morning cinnamon rolls. Long before he took over my body, he took over everything invisible and […]