By Lauren Flake If Your Heart is Hurting This Christmas
Maybe this is your first Christmas since you’ve lost a parent. Maybe someone close to you is sick, dying or…
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By Angela Anagnost-Repke Let Their Grandparents Spoil Them This Christmas
Red and green wrapping paper covers family room floors of spoiled children on Christmas Eve and morning. The parents get…
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By Kyle Means Remembering What Christmas is All About
Pressmaster Christmas Vacation is one of my favorite holiday movies. I can relate so well to the Clark Griswold character…
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By Stephanie Holbrook Your Kids Will Remember How Christmas Felt Not How It Looked
As much as I hate to admit it, I'm a stickler when it comes to decorations. Once, when my older…
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By Amanda Wells Dear Grandparents, All Kids Want For Christmas is You
I didn't mean to cry. It just happened. I wiped furiously at my hot cheeks, hoping my eye makeup hadn't…
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By Her View From Home The Ugly Sweater Meets Christmas Vacation and We Are So Here For it
'Tis the season for beautiful lights, festive music, and ugly, ugly sweaters. I've always been a fan of the ugly…
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By Christie Lynn The Holidays Aren’t the Same For Someone Who is Grieving
I remember the first holiday after my mom died like it was yesterday. It was probably one of the most…
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By Karen Johnson E.T. and Elliott Reunited on Thanksgiving, and Our 80s Childhood Hearts Are Singing
I don't know about you, but I sure ate more than my fair share of turkey, sweet potatoes, and pie…
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By April Leiffer Henry My Husband is Missing Thanksgiving Dinner For Work
Thanksgiving—it’s here again. That mix of gratefulness with a little tinge of bitterness. You see, in our house, someone is…
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By John Polo Be Kind to the Broken-Hearted this Holiday Season—They’re Doing the Best They Can
Dear society, Please be kind to those with broken hearts this holiday season. Please understand that they are doing the…
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By Hillary Gruener The Empty Seat at the Holiday Table Still Hurts
As I get older, the more I realize how many families are suffering from the loss of a loved one—not…
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By Carolyn Moore 6 Reasons Thanksgiving in the 90s Was the Best
Thanksgiving Day, 1990: a 6-year-old girl woke up with an itch. The 6-year-old girl itched that itch beside her belly…
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