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At Christmas we’re all winners when we think about what happened in a little Bethlehem stable over 2000 years ago. We celebrate that in so many different ways and I’ve had a great time reading about which Christmas traditions are favorites of yours. One thing often mentioned by those of you who entered my Christmas giveaway was Candlelight services. Many …
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. ~Thomas S. Monson Have you ever made homemade gifts for the people on your Christmas list? Sometimes that happens because we …
I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus that He said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” (Acts 20:35 NKJ) Did you ever get one of these Lifesavers Books for Christmas when you were a kid? I did and I remember …
I believe that every life is a collection of individual ‘journey stories.’ ~Dieter F. Uchtdorf Do you feel like you are on a journey as you look ahead or have been on a journey when you look behind? I can agree with Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s quote about life being a series of “journey stories.” When I think back on my life, …
I finally have my wedding ring back on my finger. Some of you may remember that on a muddy day last spring I slipped and fell while I was walking and broke my ring finger. It was panic time since I was on a deadline rush for my last story and had to wear a metal finger guard for weeks. …
Have you ever had the opportunity to see frost flowers, also sometimes called ice ribbons, rabbit frost or rabbit ice? I’ve been spotting them around my farm now for several years. I think a new kind of weed spread into our area that is perfect for the formation of these delicate “petals” of ice. Early fall or winter is the …
Meet my new dog, Frankie. He’s very cute, isn’t he? I haven’t been without a dog of my own since I was about eight years old. So, when Oscar died of bone cancer in October, I sort of felt lost. What I had done in previous years was to always find a new dog to add to the family before …
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~William Arthur Ward Happy Thanksgiving! Isn’t Thanksgiving one of the best ever holidays? A day for family. We don’t have to shop except for food, of course. Lots of turkey and cranberry sauce shopping. And you gotta have pies. While I’m not …
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney Happy anniversary to my husband and to me. We’re celebrating many years together today. We’ve had a way of celebrating in some different ways some years and typical ways other years. So far we haven’t gone on cruises …
I love the Kentucky Book Fair and I’m happy I get to be part of the Fair this Saturday, November 18th. Looks as though sometimes even Santa likes being at the Book Fair. 2013 was a good year for Book Fair pictures. I’ve got this one with Santa and then I also got to pose with Woody the writing Dachshund and his …