By Vicki Bahr The L Is on the Mantel
This holiday season has been a little more exciting, stressful, chaotic, sleepless, and wonderful than any I can remember aside…
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By Sue Volikas Grandma’s Christmas Angels
My grandmother had quite a collection of Christmas angels. They were all different shapes and sizes. Some were plastic and…
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By Brittany Reiling Dear Mom, You Spent My Childhood Creating Christmas Memories and I Get It Now
Growing up our tree was always filled with mismatched ornaments because each year, my mom bought us an ornament as a…
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By Amanda Schwenk One Day I’ll Miss This Tree
Every December evening I sit on my couch and admire the view of my bright and lopsided Christmas tree. I…
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By Melanie Forstall Creating Christmas Magic for My Kids is Worth Every Bit of the Hassle
The magic of Christmas is always alive for those who believe. While this may be my life’s eternal motto, I’m…
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Grandma Jean Taught Me the Dishes Can Wait but These Memories Can’t
As the holiday season approaches, I want to share a lesson I learned from my Grandma Jean: leave the dishes. …
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She Wore Caesars Woman and It Smelled Like Love
They say the brain rewires itself to accommodate for losing one or more senses. A blind person develops great hearing,…
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It’s Her Time To Fly
Memory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…
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By Sarah Hoene What Do You Get a Grandma?
What do you get a grandma, Who is the best of the best, Who loves and spoils her grandkids, And…
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Take Pictures with Your Heart Too
As a new mama, I was instantly compelled to try and snap pictures of every second of my baby's new…
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By Megan Hogg The Smell of Dreft and Hope
My husband and I sink onto our living room couch at the end of the day, cocooned within distant, sound-machine…
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Sometimes I Get Lost in the Memories Looking at Old Pictures
The other day I found myself, as I do every now and then, going down the rabbit hole of old…
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