By DeeDee This year we had a choice of services to attend for Christmas Eve. There was a 4, 5:30, and 7:00 service. I jumped at the 4:00 service. That way, I reasoned, we could be home in time for dinner, and could ship the children off to bed at a decent hour, so Santa’s…
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Merry Christmas
By Beck I salute you. I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got. But there is much, very much, that while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in…
Soaring
By Mary The other day my oldest daughter taught my four year old how to say the letter C. Now she can say ‘cat’, among many other useful words. When I heard her say it, my heart clutched up. I didn’t want her to sound so much like…a big girl. But one look at the…
No More Bad Guy
By Stephanie So, this is Christmas. Christmas break, that is. It’s negative 5 degrees outside right now and I’m not going anywhere. Me and four kids stuck in the house for the next two weeks. HELP! I have been really working on my patience and saying YES more to fun things that they want to…
Goodbye Expectations! Hello, Reality.
By Melodee I locked my son out of the house today. I did. He’d run outside to make a dramatic point about the horrors of repeating a failed spelling test. When I saw the door ajar, I closed it, locked it and then made sure the other doors were locked, too. Ha! (I, myself, am…
What Are You Doing New Year’s?
By Stephanie Every December 31st without fail I have certain goals in my head- resolutions for the New Year to come. And almost always they are great things to aspire to, but not always reasonable. And by February are long forgotten. I’m not talking about promising myself to join the gym and fit into my…
I am the Curator
By Gretchen My home is a museum. Admission is free, please touch the stuff, flash photography is allowed, you may eat in the exhibit halls, the bathrooms are located near the garage and at the top of the stairs. Parking is limited, however. If you break it, I’ll get the glue out. If you want…
A Little Boy Like Me
By Tina Today Sean and I had a number of errands to run, which of course, included a trip to – you guessed it – Wal-Mart! But today, we did not go to our own personal Wal-Mart, the one that is one block away from our house, we went to the Wal-Mart that is one…
I Love You More Than My Sunglasses
By Stephanie Carter lost my sunglasses in Famous Footwear the other day. Doing some last minute shoe shopping (with no success), it was hot, I’m pregnant, and three boys shooting this way and that throughout a shoe store had me way over the edge. I will be honest- although I am also ashamed of it-…
Thank Full
By Stephanie For most Americans this Thursday is the big day of scrambling to visit family and eat lots of food you normally only eat on this special occasion. It’s also a day for giving thanks, another thing we might not normally do on any other day. Why don’t we eat more pumpkin pie? And…