I am Cindy Rollins author of Mere Motherhood, A Handbook to Morning Time, and Hallelujah A Journey Through Advent with Handel's Messiah. From December 2016 to December 2018, I put out a newsletter. It contained some of my best writing. After I moved on to other projects, it occurred to me that those newsletters might be helpful to others if they were collected together. Here they are complete with poems in the public domain and recipes, which were often the best part of the newsletter. In these newsletters I ponder significant moments in the life a mother, the ups and downs, realities, joys, and sorrows. I even have a bookslist or two! You will find laughter and tears and recipes month by month. Many people asked me where they could find these newsletters once they vanished from their inboxes. Here, for the first time, they are collated together. You can buy them as an ebook or even print them out. I am deeply indebted to Elizabeth Sage for the cover art. Table of Contents: December 2016 December 20161. The NativityJanuary 2017February 2017March 2017May 2017June 20172. JuneJuly 20173. The Man in the ArenaSeptember 2017October 20174. The Mist and All5. Come, Ye Thankful People, ComeDecember 20176. Advent SundayJanuary 20187. The Weathers8. The Darkling ThrushMy Grandmother's Easy Chili RecipeFebruary 20189. WhenMarch 2018June 2018September 201810. Psalm 13911. October 201812. Heaven-Haven13. Charleston Shrimp and Grits November 2018 Notes