It’s that time of year again – when all that glitters is sometimes gold. In the weeks before Christmas, the women of the Nightingale Circle of St. Nicholas, Virginia Beach, meet every Wednesday, gathering around tables bright with rolls of red ribbon and cut-outs of silver bells, working to make hundreds of handmade greeting cards in time for the holiday. Each card is as unique as a snowflake, and each one is sealed with a prayer. The cards are for strangers – the sick, the homebound, and those in nursing facilities – who, over time, have come to feel like old friends. “I wanted to do something special for people in nursing homes,” said Susan Saunders, founder of the group.…