There are perhaps no days of our childhood lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ~Marcel Proust There is nothing as magical as a child curling up in her mother’s lap to hear a Christmas book. Begging to hear just one more story before it is time to go to sleep. Traveling to far off lands found within the beloved pages.Books at Christmas time are even more magical. They spark one’s imagination and spur on the… Read more »
Story Time… Last Christmas Eve, my family and I attended our church’s Christmas Eve candle light service as we do each year. Afterwards, unbeknownst to me, my friend had a scheme to give me the most unforgettable Christmas present I had yet to receive.Somehow, my friend had managed to plan a big plot to deliver a large, ominous, black box to my family and have them place it in the back of our van– without me knowing it. I knew… Read more »
One of my favorite things to do at Christmas time is to look at Christmas ornaments on people’s trees. It’s so cool to see the different ornaments they have collected over the years.So, today I’m going to give y’all a peek at my family’s Christmas tree and some of my favorite Christmas ornaments. Here we go… My Favorite Christmas Ornaments: I like this one because we can plug it into the strings of lights and then the fireplace will light… Read more »
I always have loved Christmas decorations. I wish we could leave them up all year!For the 2nd day of Christmas, I wanted to give y’all a peak into my home so y’all can see the beautiful decorations my family has accumulated over the years. The Lovely Christmas Decorations… We have two Christmas trees. One with colored lights, one with white lights. I like the one with white lights best. White lights seem more traditional and more Christmas-y to me. Which… Read more »
As promised, I’m doing a 12 Days of Christmas series, and today is the 1st Day of Christmas. I hope y’all enjoy hearing my favorite Christmas songs. I want to know yours too, so be sure to comment the title of your favorite Christmas song (or songs)!So, without further ado…. My Top 5 Favorite Christmas Songs #5- Let it Snow/ Sleigh Ride I love Let it Snow, and I love Sleigh Ride, so I ESPECIALLY love Point of Grace’s mash-up… Read more »
…And it’s Christmas Time now! *Whew* Finals were intense. The tests themselves weren’t that bad; I just hated how the only thing to do all week was just studying. That’s it.And all my friends were studying too, so I didn’t want to interrupt their studying to hang out with them. There was nothing else to do. I couldn’t even go to class to pass the time! (And if I was wishing to go to class, you can bet I was bored!)… Read more »
December: nativities, and decorations, and candy canes, and Christmas trees, and lights, and (paper) snowflakes, and cookies!I love December! I love how everything is decorated for Christmas, and there’s a joyful and peaceful feeling I have during the month.There’s just something so exciting about celebrating the birth of Jesus for an entire month. Unfortunately, December is also the time for finals. Oh joy. As a result, I won’t be blogging for the next two weeks in order to adequately prepare for my… Read more »
It can be super easy to be thankful for the good in life. Food, water, family, shelter, Jesus, you know, the traditional answers to the “What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?” question. Being thankful for happy things, is fantastic. It is a great place to start when beginning a journey to be thankful in all things. However, we can’t stop there. Giving thanks isn’t a suggestion; it isn’t a nice thought, nor is it something we can just do… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you’re having a wonderful day with family and friends!Today is relaxing for my family. (Saturday we’re going to my Grandparents’ for Thanksgiving with our extended family.) We woke up and watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, while eating our traditional Thanksgiving morning oatmeal. Then, we started to watch Miracle on 34th Street. Later today, we’re going to have a Thanksgiving meal, just the four of us. Every year at Thanksgiving, my mom places five kernels of… Read more »
This is a week of giving thanks, a week of gratitude, a week of gratefulness. Typically, on thanksgiving day, I make a list of everything that pops into my head that I’m thankful for. Most likely this year won’t be any different.I had a thought, however. What if I tweeted with the hashtag “so thankful” every time I thought of something to be thankful for. After all, thankfulness is a way of life, not just one day on the calender…. Read more »
