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Our Family’s Holiday Traditions Our best family tradition is celebrating “Happy Thanks-mas” each year: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year during the week/weekend of Thanksgiving! It’s my hubby’s and my gift to each other of a quieter December. Here’s how it works. Everyone is here by the night before Thanksgiving. We catch up on life and do all the “sweets” baking …
These days, with the number of prenatal tests available, having a baby is less of a mystery than it was when I delivered my daughters in 1985 & 1987. When contractions during my second delivery were about ten minutes apart, I made the very foolish statement: “I wish I knew what the next 24 hours would be like.” More …
Let’s face it. Every family has a weird Uncle Harold. Our family has several–though not named Harold–and they sometimes make celebrating the holidays a little uncomfortable. Can you relate? Have you ever wondered why God came to earth as: a Baby in a manger rather than a soldier with a sword. the son of a poor carpenter instead of a …
I returned yesterday from a two-week writing retreat at North Carolina’s Outer Banks. I’ve gone there each October for the past five years, and every time Jesus has spoken to me powerfully. The Lord opens my spiritual ears when I’m silent before Him in His marvelous Creation. He stirs my wonder and gratitude while making me feel both small and …
With Thanksgiving behind us, we shift into Christmas and our secrets begin. We don’t tell Uncle Johnny about the fishing pole wrapped in a refrigerator box beside the tree, or little Susie about the American Doll she’ll finally get this year (that she’s been asking for since she was four). But a few other secrets pop up around the holidays …
Hi, Gang! Mesu here. 🙂 I’d like to welcome my dear friend and fellow biblical fiction (bibfic) author, Brennan McPherson, to my pre-Thanksgiving blog! Brennan and I have been email buddies since his first novel released in 2016. Soon after, we collaborated with Carole Towriss on The Psalm Series in which each of us wrote a novella about a psalm of our choice. …
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