Every family has favorite Christmas tales; not the ones that you love to read, but the ones that you remember and repeat year after year. The ones that make you laugh – or perhaps cringe – every time you think about them. The following story happened to us a couple of years ago. I wrote…
Christmas – Moving from Perfection to Peace
The other day I wrote an email to a few very close friends about how stressed I was about Christmas. The house wasn’t decorated, the presents weren’t bought and the menu wasn’t planned. And my sweet friends sent back responses suggesting that perhaps this would be a good year to let go of a few…
What’s that Buzzing Noise?
When I was a kid I loved watching The Jetsons where Rosie the Robot did all the household chores while George and Jane Jetson traveled around in small spaceship-like vehicles between planets. I thought it would be so awesome to have my own personal spaceship. Of course, I also thought it would be pretty cool…
Christmas Books Worth Reading
If you’ve read my blog for long you know I like to throw in an occasional book review now and again. And since it’s the beginning of the Christmas season I thought I’d tell you about a few Christmas books I’ve enjoyed. A couple of them I read last year and I’ve been waiting ALL…
A Thanksgiving Story
I rarely make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without thinking about my grandmother’s turkey story and it still makes me laugh. I posted it on my blog five years ago but I decided it deserved a little encore presentation as a special bonus blog this week. Warning: if you are inclined towards being a vegetarian…