Tag: christmas

• Do You See What I See?

  I was stunned. Hadn’t expected what I was seeing. I got back late Saturday night from time in Miami. Tired yet grateful. Tiffany and Ramsay, the new parents, were doing amazingly well as they adjusted to baby Brooklyn and her needs. They’re being true students of their daughter, learning who she is and what she…

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  December 14, 2015

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  christmas, Christmas trees, decorating, God, heaven, Jesus, love, nativity, newborns, parents, stress

• It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Crush

        Thanksgiving is over, pushed out of the way by retailers marketing Black Friday stuff and clutter a day early. The Christmas season is officially upon us. The big day is just over three weeks away. Just saying that can give me a queasy stomach. When I think of all that needs to…

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  December 3, 2015

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  Advent, baking, Black Friday, christmas, decorating, gifts, God, hope, Jesus, joy, love, Norman Rockwell, peace, shopping

• It’s Not Over Till The Fat Tree Goes Down

  This is not something I particularly enjoy. Not something I look forward to Putting Christmas away. Even writing that seems sad. There’s the cleaning up of the decorations and the tree trimmings. Packing them away for another year. Getting all the bins back in the attic. Me dangling from the hole in the garage ceiling…

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  January 5, 2015

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  christmas, God, kindness, packing, rejoicing, simple, Valentine’s Day

• When Reality Mixes With Tradition

  We wanted to come up with a tagline for our Christmas this year. With everyone home, the house bursting at the seams with people, laughter, games and drama, we needed a title for the memory. Rogers’ epic Christmas. Celebrating tradition in grandeur and scope. It’s been non-stop motion and talk. Noise levels that have kept…

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  December 29, 2014

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  christmas, despair, family, God, grief, happiness, Jesus, joy, loss, pain, sharing, soccer, traditions

• What Do I Have To Do To Get It?

    I’ve come to grips with my inability to remember random numbers. As in passwords and logins and various other forms of computer minutia that make no sense to me. All I want to do is talk to my devices and have them do what I ask. That’s called being a tech alien. I sat…

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  December 25, 2014

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  christmas, commitment, God, hope, Jesus, journey, travel, wise men