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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“My sister would love that!” I squealed, picking up the large stuffed Great Dane I spotted while shopping with my…
Continue ReadingWhen a mama asks for experience gifts for her kids for Christmas, please don’t take it as she’s ungrateful or…
Continue ReadingFuzzy socks, cuddly blankets, a flickering vanilla-scented candle . . . there's something instantly relaxing about sinking into a cocoon…
Continue ReadingThe actual air temperature when I woke up yesterday was -14F. It was the kind of morning when the air…
Continue Reading"We aren't getting the kids gifts this year." I'm on the phone with my mother-in-law, and she is silent. Now…
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to Christmas shopping, teenagers are on a whole new level of tricky. Gone are the days of…
Continue ReadingI didn't mean to cry. It just happened. I wiped furiously at my hot cheeks, hoping my eye makeup hadn't…
Continue ReadingConfession time: I love Christmas and gift-giving and traditions, but I hate putting together items for my kids' stockings. I…
Continue ReadingMen, this is your year. This is the holiday when you get out of the dog house and wow the…
Continue ReadingEvery year when Christmas rolls around, I find myself having a hard time answering the question from my husband, "So,…
Continue ReadingIt's that time again. The holidays. Your kids already have a mountain of toys spewed throughout the living room, and…
Continue ReadingThe first Toys R’ Us Christmas catalog arrived in our mailbox yesterday. Yes, seriously. The “most wonderful time of the…
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