Greetings, all! Here is the second installment in my Christmas blog post series! I wrote this Christmas story yesterday, and wanted to share it will you guys. I hope you enjoy it! * I hold her hand tight. Her dark eyes are fixed on mine; her other hand rests on her round stomach. Her breath comes in short gasps. It is almost time. Night is falling and the air is cool. White stars flicker in the darkening sky. The donkey snorts; it skirts a large rock with care, as if it knows how priceless its burden is-the one yet to be born. The Son of God. I can see the first of the buildings of my home town in the distance. A flicker of light shows in a window; some inhabitants are still awake. I urge our beast up a slight incline. The pressure in my hand increases. I look up at my wife. Sweat drips from her forehead. “Joseph…” I let go of her hand and lay mine on her cheek. “We’re almost there.” I pull the rope tied around the donkey’s neck and haste...