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Trees, Traditions and Truth
I love Christmas trees. I love the way real ones make everything smell woodsy. I love how they add a seasonal bling with lights and baubles. Ornaments from the very elegant to the sweetly homemade. Glass and glitz to paper and glitter. A time-honored tradition from centuries past. As a symbol, they’ve evolved. Ancient European Gauls…
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Picture That
It’s panic time. Two weeks before Christmas, and we haven’t gotten our family picture together for our Christmas cards. We have no cards. So nothing is addressed, signed or stamped. But the picture is the highlight, the one thing that has to be right, even if the cards aren’t exactly what we want. We’ve got…
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Silent Night, Pony Night
‘Tis the season of Christmas programs and special events. While our oldest and her family had been invited to attend a local concert, we were tasked–enjoyably so–with watching the two youngest. Neither of whom would have enjoyed the enforced quiet and need for stillness. Ryken is almost three months old. The strong, silent type. He’s…
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Wrap It Up With A Smile
“What’ve you got that I can give?” Ethan, Sydney and Teagan came into the house with a mission. To find a white elephant to give at a Christmas party. I’m not sure any of them really grasped what a white elephant gift was. But the hunt was on. Ethan pulled out a thick coloring book…
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Do You Have Something For Me?
She stood by the door, hands behind her back, and asked the question. “Do you have something for me?” Isley, at four, is already a quick wit and quite verbal. I’m no Einstein, but I’m not slow either. But she had me stumped. “Something for you? To take home? Like chips?” It was the first…
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