Christmas

I’m wishing you a beautiful and blessed Christmas Eve!  I pray that you are surrounded by your family, friends and animals who love you, that you feel the hope, peace and joy that the Christmas spirit brings and that you remember the reason behind the season: Jesus. I learned at a young age to pray. […]

Poof!  That’s the way time flies!  It seems like it was only yesterday that we were celebrating Christmas of 2016.  And now, it’s Christmas 2017 and we’re moving quickly into 2018. Many unexpected things happened this year too.  I lost loved ones and friends to sudden illness or accidents.  I can’t tell you how many […]

I live a very blessed life.  I have the love and support of a wonderful family.  My mother and daddy are still with us and that’s a wonderful blessing.  My sisters, although they don’t live close, are in good health and blessed.  My extended family–nieces, nephews and their children–are all doing well and we hope […]

Christmas can be the best time of the year, but it can also be sad.  Some people struggle with memories of loved ones who have passed on.  The pain they feel in their hearts overrides the joy of Christmas. Whether your loved ones have been gone a short period or for many years, this can […]

I spend a lot of time on Christmas gifts.  I always want to find just the right gift.  It has to be perfect.  I’m not one for gag gifts or gifts that someone can never use.  I like to find exactly the right thing for the person I have in mind. Staying really focused on […]

Oooh, I just LOVE Christmas!  It is truly the most wonderful time of the year.  I love being with my family, enjoying meals together and just being.  And yes, I love receiving gifts, but what I love most–what moves me the most about Christmas–isn’t the gifts and it isn’t even being with my family. It’s […]

If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ve seen some of my writings about my mother.  We share an unbreakable bond.  Growing up, she was and continues to be the greatest influence in my life.  She and my grandmother are the two strongest women I’ve ever known and I am so blessed to still have […]

Because of Love. A brother and sister had made their usual hurried, obligatory pre- Christmas visit to the little farm where dwelt their elderly parents with their small herd of horses. The farm was where they had grown up and it had been named Lone Pine Farm because of the huge pine, which topped the […]

This time of year, I am always remembering my childhood Christmas Seasons on the farm.  It was great growing up on the farm with my three sisters, mother and grandmother.  Christmas time was so very special for all of us.  It was and still is my favorite time of year. There were several things that […]