And since I've already filled today with a staggering amount of affection and happiness I thought it couldn't hurt to add a link to another blog post that moved me to tears this week: Diane of Crafty Pod's podcast about gingerbread houses.  In it, she and her Mom talk (and laugh) about their decades-long tradition of making a gingerbread house every year.  All her podcasts are wonderful, but this one is also magical.

Anyone who is intimidated by the whole "podcast" thing, don't be.  Just go to the page, click the play button, and you can listen to it.  You don't need to be a rocket scientist. You don't have to have an iPod.  It's super easy.

And super worth it.