It’s the ‘write’ time to pause and reflect

On Wednesday at the front desk of our lobby, we received a hand-delivered letter to the editor, handwritten on yellow, lined paper, from Maris A. Giafaglione of Leesburg.

Reading it, the words gave us reason to pause.

Of the rushing-around we do all year, it is decidedly worse at Christmastime. Trying to cram extra activities into the work day, running to this store or that during the lunch hour, heading to the mall and fighting traffic all the way after work, fretting whether an online order will arrive in time. Invitations and events pile up, become obligations more than celebrations.

All of this isn