Christmas Eve used to be a very busy day. I would do all my shopping on the last day with a friend, stopping at many local stores where we would purchase and pick up packages and visit with the owners and other last minute shoppers. We had to finish by four in the afternoon to…
Season of Hope
Advent season means a lot of things. It a season of anticipation culminating on the day Christ came into our lives. It’s a season of giving, generosity, and appreciation. For people of other faiths it also has significance and wonderful meanings. It is truly a season of holidays. But for me and especially this Advent…
Rebecca Believes
Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe. — John 20:25. When my children were growing up there came a time when each began to doubt the existence of Santa. How did we…
Presents, Presents!
I had to drop a few things off at my daughter’s yesterday. I mentioned that Suzy and I would come this weekend to drop of presents. Seven year old Frannie started to shake with excitement and shouted, “presents, presents!” I hope every reader has had the opportunity to enjoy watching little children dive into packages with…
Special Birthday
Today my father would have been 102 years old. His birthday is one I never forgot, but seldom celebrated because he was away during the Korean war or at work like any other day for the rest of his life. He was happy to get a pair of socks, maybe a really bad Christmas album,…