On Second Thought

Month: December 2025

  • Pip and the Place Where Paths Once Met

    When a familiar place feels different, Pip learns that courage can look like staying — gently, together, and with care.

  • Pip and the Lights by the Water

    Pip attends a Chanukkah gathering by the water and senses that something has changed. After a frightening event, he watches a community choose to keep lighting candles, learning that feeling…

    Pip and the Lights by the Water

  • Pip and the Festival of Many Lights

    A Chanukkah Story in the Whispering Woods of Willow Glen. “On the first night of Chanukkah, the forest had only enough oil for a single lamp. But when a cold…