Category: Holidays

What Do You Need for Christmas?

12/22/2015contentment, Gospel, Holidays, , , , 3 Comments

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In 2005, the most sought after Christmas gift was the “Xbox 360”. Did you neeeeeed it? Do you still have yours? Do you use it

In 2007, it was the “iPod Touch”. Did you neeeeeed one? Do you know where it is today?

In 2009 we just had to have the “Nook eReader”. The what? Oh, but we neeeeeeded it!

In 2011 your toddler simply neeeeeeded “Let’s Rock Elmo”! Has he rocked on?

The hottest Christmas gift this year is a “Drone”. Do you neeeeeed one? I read that one million drones are expected to be sold this Christmas! I’m sorry kids, that is not in a box under my tree.

I confess there was one year I snatched the last keep reading here

The Potter and the Clay

05/08/2015contentment, Holidays, , 6 Comments

post144graphic1.It doesn’t take much to remember what it was like being a mom of infants and toddlers. There were times when I felt like an empty vase sitting on a shelf; I felt useless, out of sight and out of mind.

For the most part my days were spent in a small apartment with our two sons and my greatest achievement was keeping noses and bottoms clean and dry. All day long I was pulled on, cried on, puked on, spilled on, sat on, jumped on and laid on.

While the world seemed to be passing me by, it wasn’t all bad; I was the world to my children. I was their favorite Find More Here

Bonus Week Is Almost Here!

04/28/2015Daily Life, Holidays, 3 Comments

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True confession: I have not always been the best daughter when it comes to calling my parents. It isn’t that I didn’t want to call them, it’s just that I developed a bad habit years ago of only calling on Sunday afternoons.

However, the weeks of Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and their birthdays were Bonus Weeks: Mom and/or Dad received a card and a phone call!

How sad is that… that once or twice a year my folks heard from me twice in one week. Ouch! Why was I continue reading here