Karen plugged in the last strand of lights. The tree shined in front of her. It wasn’t much, but it was a start. Last year, she didn’t even have a tree. This year, not only did she have a tree, her whole house was decorated. She had gone home over Thanksgiving and brought back boxes of decorations from her childhood. Now she was decorating her house, singing along to Christmas carols on the radio.

            The past year had a lot of rough spots, but this was Christmas time. Time to move on. And Karen was determined to do just that.