we wish you a merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! So strange that only two of all those people will be with me and Dave today, but oh, how happy we are to soak these two youngest ones…
leaves of gratitude
Our traditional Thanksgiving gratitude tree was looking a little measly on the leaf deal up until all the kids got home, and now it’s starting to rock:) (Lots more about…
#GiveThanks
Our prophet, President Nelson, gave the following short address yesterday. I re-listened to it this morning, as I was working on some odd jobs around the house and had to…
the glory of dads
Gosh, I’m so nostalgic going through pictures of the dads in my life this morning! And I want to write a whole novel about them but I think it’s more…
Easter weekend
We marched into Easter weekend right on the tail of the wedding, so I was kind of grasping at straws to be prepared (gosh, my “one word” for this year:…
Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat!
That is how people greet each other in Romania on Easter morning. It is translated; “Christ is resurrected!” and the person being greeted responds, “Truly, He is resurrected!” (this is…
What is so good about Good Friday?
Just sneaking this in in the nick of time before the day is done. Because it is Good Friday and it is Easter weekend. I have not done any preparation…
Christmas (& Christmas Eve) 2019
It is overwhelming to be a mother at Christmas-time. So much to gather and prepare and so many thoughts to organize in my brain. Every year it makes me appreciate…
madonna & child, and a silent night
One of the things that rolls through my heart and mind at Christmas-time (when I stop long enough to let it), is from Luke 2:19 “But Mary kept all these…