It's only mid-November, but it seems like the holiday craze has already begun.The kids have school Thanksgiving feasts and birthday parties and …
how not to miss out during the holidays: This is Something.This is NothingRead More
a Christmas wish for all the mamas
Around here, Christmas looks something like this:It's Christmas lights and long lines and photo cards and apple cider and a last minute this and a …
a deeper look at christmas
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”~ ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles DickensMy little Lady came home from church …
our great need for christmas
"He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with …
when i tell you Merry Christmas….
When I tell you Merry Christmas, I mean that God is with you,I'm wishing you and yours joy and peace the whole year through.When I look upon the …
what i found at the Trail of Lights
Beginning in the 1950s, Austin celebrated every Christmas with a quirky display of lights called the Trail of Lights. Mr. fantastic and I went the …
ten ways to enjoy your family this week
Well, it has been a sorrowful week, hasn't it? So much tragedy in the news, so much more than many of us can handle well.Everyone I know seems to have …
when you need baby Jesus to grow up faster
"Adoration of the Shepherds" by Gerard van Honthorst, 1622My heart won't rest in the manger is year.It's been a hard month and my prayers can't …
a forever home for Christmas
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself …
Christmas all the year
Me: Why do we celebrate Christmas, Finley?The Lady; Because when it's Christmastime, we have Christmas!Me: No, I mean whose birthday is it?The Lady: …
the beginning of Christmas
After the apple pie had been eaten and the pumpkin cheesecake demolished, we drove an hour to a big Christmas light display in Kansas City.The melodic …
what Christmas does
For eight hours the first day, we drive. Fields and farms, towns and buildings, scenes of life slide by us as we gaze out the windows of our van. …
