‘Tis the Season:

The Gift of Giving  So… now what?  What can we do to ensure that Thanksgiving carries over in our hearts throughout the Christmas season and beyond?  And perhaps, more importantly, what can we do to impress this spirit onto our children, teaching them the REAL meaning of the holidays?  I certainly...

‘Tis the Season:The Gift of a Kindred Heart

The Gift of a Kindred Heart “Hey girl! I hope this finds you settling into your new home and beaming over the little life growing inside of you! J I feel so blessed and privileged to call you my friend! There are so many things I appreciate about you and just want you to know that today! You have...

‘Tis the Season: The gift, I like. The giver, I love!

The gift, I like.  The giver, I love!    Sadly, one such friend of mine recently moved completely across the country.  Admittedly so, she is every bit as cold-hearted and unemotional as myself.  Our final good-byes before their family packed up and headed west were difficult, yet extremely...

‘Tis the Season (for Thanksgiving and Christmas … and Hormones?):Gift of a Changed Heart (at least for the next couple of months…)

‘Tis the Season (for Thanksgiving and Christmas … and Hormones?) A combination of an e-mail from a friend and the Holiday season upon us (and ok, perhaps some additional girly hormones I’ve got going on these days) have inspired me to ponder our compulsive desire for more, along with our failure to...