My First Un-Christmas was a Disaster Turned Miracle
I had a reverse Grinch experience.
7 min readDec 31, 2022
“Jesus is the reason for the season,” my Mom always said.
Unlike Forest Gump’s mama, this wasn’t a nugget of wisdom for me to ponder for the rest of my life. No, this was my mother’s response when I asked her why my brothers could open presents on my birthday, and I didn’t get any on theirs.