Advent 3: Unexpected Weariness

We thought that it would be a quieter week, a week of caroling, a week of contemplation:

We did not anticipate the friend in a hospital with a collapsed lung:

We thought the grading would be easier:

We did not anticipate how many students would self-destruct in the final days of the term:

Now we approach the end of Advent, with so much left to do:

But let us think of the stories yet to come:

There is still time to contemplate the wonder: