Warning: We interrupt this Advent season to present a post that is totally unrelated to anything festive or spendy. But I need to get this off my chest.I've been worn out lately with my need to have opinions about things. Big things. Little things.The Kardashian mom's hairstyle-even though it's cute, I don't want to look like HER. Mrs. Obama's lunch program.The way Chris was "sexualized" during this season of The Voice. Immigration. I have a question. Why does everyone in the world … [Read more...]
What to Buy for Christmas
Hello, Friends!Hope you are having a wonderful advent season. I grew up in an evangelical church that didn't follow the "church" calendar, but it seems like this year all Christians are focusing on Advent. I'm glad, aren't you?There are so many distractions that take our focus off the Christ child but keeping up with O Come Let Us Adore Him with She Reads Truth has really helped me. (You could easily double up and catch up!)I'm also focusing on the birth of our Savior in … [Read more...]
It’s True
How To Plan An Anniversary Party
Earlier this fall we had a very special event here in the country. It involved many of my favorite things:Family. Good food.Live music.Outdoors.Fresh garden flowers.And burlap.We were blessed to honor and celebrate our parents, Ted and Alice, on their 60th wedding anniversary and my dad’s 85thbirthday.Sixty years with the same person. What an example and privilege!When 50 years married rolled around, neither of them wanted the traditional-around-here- cake and punch reception. Instead, we all … [Read more...]
Now They’re Cool
I was one of the lucky ones in fifth grade.I flunked the vision test given at school by the county nurse. This was back in the day when the nurses in their white uniforms would show up- not to do lice checks, like they do now- but for vision and hearing checks. And the occasional school bus trip to the "big" school where we lined up in long rows and tried not to cry in front of our classmates when those same nurses gave us our vaccinations. Ouch.I must admit I was a little excited about the … [Read more...]
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