The plan was for me to text one of the guests waiting at our house to let her know we were on our way back home to get the car. That way the group would be ready for the big surprise.

Simple plan, right!? Not so much, as it turned out.

“We take the solstice very seriously,” Matthew began, “It is a very important night. As you probably know, the term ‘solstice’ is derived from the Latin words for sun, which is sol, and sistere, which means ‘to make stand’, since that is when the axis of the earth seems to pause its shift for moving in the other direction. This pause is the start for bringing on a new year of movement and growth…a new solar cycle.”