"Rome"-ing about at Christmastime

I must admit, I have always had a small case of wanderlust. I love to see new places, meet new people, and experience new things. Recently, I was blessed to travel with two of my adult kids to Italy. If you know me, I am certain you have grown weary of hearing about our trip. It truly was the trip of a lifetime. We were in Rome, Italy for ten days. We did a tremendous amount of touring the city and the churches in those ten days. We didn't even come close to exhausting all that Rome had to offer.

No matter one's religious affiliation, it would be difficult not to be impressed, even awestruck,...