By Melinda Dueck Our Home Isn’t Picture Perfect, but It’s Perfectly Us
The online world is filled with pictures of finished homes with color coordination, painted walls, and seasonal decorations. I never…
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These Are The Best Christmases of My Life
This December—like every other—has felt a little nuts to me. I’m the kind of person who likes to think she’ll…
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Are You Tired of Pretending?
Let me just start with owning that I used to pretend . . . a lot. In my marriage. With my…
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You Get To Make Your Own Christmas Traditions
When I was growing up, my family didn’t have traditions. We didn’t celebrate anything. Up until a certain age, I…
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By Ellie Marooney “We Lost Jesus!”
It's that enchanted and magical time of year when the air is crisp enough to snuggle up by the fire,…
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$72.45 from an Angel at the Grocery Store
I stood at the checkout line while the cashier scanned my rewards card and said the balance aloud: $72.45 I…
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By Chandni Bansal Long-Distance Grandparents Give a Different Kind of Love
It's a different kind of love when grandparents live far from their grandchildren. They often miss the birthdays and the…
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Christmas is about the Joy, Not the Gifts
“My sister would love that!” I squealed, picking up the large stuffed Great Dane I spotted while shopping with my…
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I Don’t Go All Out for Christmas
I don't decorate for Christmas. I’m not a total Grinch or Scrooge, but honestly, as a big family mom and…
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By Maddie Musante My Friend Ghosted Me, But It Doesn’t Mean I’m a Bad Friend
I’m going to try one last time, I told myself as I mustered up the courage to type the words, “Happy…
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Money Is Tight This Year, but Christmas Magic Is Still Plentiful
When you can’t buy the holiday magic, you build it Somehow, it seems like we blinked and the holidays are…
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By Emily Donehoo Is This the Last Christmas We’ll Have with You?
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and I hate it. Every twinkling light, every cute decoration, every song,…
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