Since 99% of our Christmas gifts are homemade each year, the ideas, the sorting and gathering, the creating and the packaging, it all involves the children helping. I think, in some small way, this helps in reinforcing the meaning of “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.” The girls love to see others open […]
“Celebrations are the ritualized interruptions in the continuum of daily life which remind us who we are, where we came from and where we are going.” Milo Shannon-Thornberry It’s something my brother, sister and I did as children growing up. Every Christmas, we decorated gingerbread houses. Nothing too unique in this tradition but it stays […]
The snow is falling outside. The afternoon sun is slowly setting. Only the sounds of children coloring and listening to an audio adventure at the kitchen table can be heard. We have just finished our {simple} daily Christmas craft that we are doing this Christmas season … Studying the many names of Jesus. 25 names […]
I just read that I’m a week from being halfway in this pregnancy … wow! First off, I can barely believe it and yet, in other ways, I can. It’s amazing how once you know there is a little human being formed in your womb that it feels as if they have been a part […]
“Throw back your arms and breathe deep, deep,” Laura cried. She knew that cold is not so cold if you are not afraid of it. They threw back their arms and breathed the cold in, and through their cringing noses it rushed deep into their chest and warmed them all over. Even Mary laughed aloud. […]
