Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Soft and gentle as the dancing kisses of a child, the snowflakes fell. They arrived in the middle of the night, dropping like fairy dust on the city of Staunton. At the mid-night hour all around me the loveliness of such pure white light had diminished the darkness. Staunton lay covered with the whiteness of a fresh city; the broken edges of the landscape gone and the little piece of earth I call home lay bathed in wonder.

It all happened like an act of grace, where whatsoever was ugly and dark lay redeemed in the beauty of the snow. I was strangely warmed, as I thought of the gift from he...