Our tradition is to put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving. Our tradition is to take the tree down when I finally get a good picture of the kids in front of the tree. Not just pictures, good ... Read More about Now the Tree Can Go!
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Bubble Gum Wrapper Trail
I wondered about my decision to put gum in the Christmas stockings .... ....when I found this on the floor a few days after Christmas. I thought my children were too old for such ... Read More about Bubble Gum Wrapper Trail
Decorations Go, Emmanuel Stays
I love decorating for Christmas.It feels wonderful to add decorations, greenery and lights,to make my home sparkle and glow for the holidays weeks.I don't love un-decorating for Christmas.It ... Read More about Decorations Go, Emmanuel Stays
God Uses Broken Things
I've kept piles of broken things since our wedding day. Items fixed with tools are stacked on my husband's workbench in the garage. The mending pile is in my sewing cabinet. Anything I can repair ... Read More about God Uses Broken Things
Keeping Company with Jonah and Elijah
Sometimes, LIFE creeps up behind me with a baseball bat and knocks me behind the knees. This week, I felt like one of the elderly people for the Life Alert commercial who are calling out from ... Read More about Keeping Company with Jonah and Elijah
Plunging into the New Year
Since my living room once again looks like Christmas threw up all over it, I am still using Nan's words, and life goes on no matter how much laundry and how little groceries you have, I had to ... Read More about Plunging into the New Year
