Tag: Christmas lights
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A Light In The Darkness

There were thumps and thuds on the roof, and it wasn’t Santa’s reindeer. I’d been inside the house, decorating our tree and working into a rhythm of preparing for the holidays. I’d love to approach the Christmas season with a calm and peaceful posture rather than the hurry and scurry that typically takes over my…
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The Dawn Of The Almost Dead
Not too long ago I was walking with Ryken, a three-year-old with incredible insights and a fascination with zombies. We passed a home with deflated blow-ups. It was easy to see what they were supposed to be, but his imagination went another direction. “They’re dead now, Nana, but they won’t stay dead. They’ll come back…
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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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Just A Little Light Changes Everything
I’m a sucker for Christmas lights. With that reality, we’ve never been able to pull off any kind of outside decorative lighting during the holidays because of a genuine ineptness on the part of me and my husband. We’ve never figured out how to attach all those random strings to a source of power so…