...I take a moment to slow down and thank Jesus for his sacrifice and life and birth amongst us. I also thank his Holy mother, the Virgin mary. The hood, suprisingly, was not very friendly tonight for well wishing amongst strangers walking, but the lights are up and everyone is at home, mostly.

Thank you for this peace and safety , walking with both my dogs tonight at 20H00.

Thank you most of all for my loving man and pets and families, inlaws included, dear Jesus and God. In my twenties, I acutely suffered from loneliness. Not so anymore, thanks to marriage.

For this, I am forever grateful to the Creator, who put hubby so stubbornly on my path for the first 20 years.

Thank You for this Holy night , this silent night, oh God and son of god. May everyone feel your Love and divinity in their life and heart and home tonight. May the homeless sleep warmer tonight and have pleasant dreams of love and families.

May they win money in the upcoming years. And have enough to eat well. And may they be brought off the street sooner the better. May their families locate and help them. Without loved ones, it is as if we were invisible and no one does help. May families embrace their poor relatives. And the sick ones.

Je vous salue marie pleine de grâce, le seigneur est avec vous et vous etes bénie entre toutes les femmes et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni. Sainte marie mère de dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs, maintenant, et lors de notre mort. amen.