With the holidays upon us, it can be all too easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and busy-ness and forget to engage in the wonder and delight of the season. Stressors like travel, wrapping up projects at work and school, overeating, endless engagements, shopping, and difficult family … [Read more...]
Falling Christmas Trees
When I was a child, our Christmas tree had an interesting stand. It was a re-purposed 100-ounce ketchup can filled with sand and it was tethered to the window/ceiling trim with two pieces of picture-hanging wire. It wasn’t the fanciest of set-ups but it worked and I … [Read more...]
Making a list & checking it twice
This weekend marked the annual Santa Claus Parade in the small town where I grew up. The lights, music, and smiling faces of the young and young at heart were all lovely and “right” for the season. Moms, dads, and grandparents had their phones out capturing images of little Johnny’s first look at … [Read more...]
The Santa Claus Change Purse, the Eclipse, & Mr. Brown
When I was about 7 years old, I had a Santa Claus change purse - it looked something like this (without the creepy rolling eyes) but had a gold metal clasp at the top instead of a zipper and the beard made up the bulk of the purse. At the time, I went to a relatively small, rural school which … [Read more...]