When we arrived for lunch, the house was very still; we made coffee and stood here, catching up on each other's events during the Christmas holiday - you see, in our family, we don't celebrate Christmas, but everyone has a special way of honoring the day. Some family members drove out of state, to visit friends, or, like Ruhiyyih, flew to Washington DC. We stood here, and Ruhiyyih layed out her souveniers from the Holocaust Museum.
