*Erik*
Ellie has taken the trees too far, but I must admit that the children are enjoying it. One sits by the door in a bucket with red ribbons tied to the branches. A little girl told me that the faeries are warm. Faeries.
She wouldn’t let me put the other tree in the fire last night, and now she tells me I must wait until tonight. She has planned a celebration for Odin in thanks for bringing us Ansuz.
“Hold the edge of a branch and make a wish for the new year,” she tells the kids with a smile. “Something that you want to happen once the winter has passed. Something fun!”
The kids eagerly line up to pinch branches in their hands as they smile at each other.
Thora and Ellie get to work on dinner, making some stew out of vegetables that we have. She was so worried about bei
