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One of the best thing about sending out a newsletter is getting to hear from so many of you in return. I’ve enjoyed reading about the special Christmas memories and family traditions shared with me. I hope you will enjoy these I’m sharing forward from Kay and Linda Sue. Kay shares a couple of stories. First let’s hear how her …
“Merry Christmas Eve to you. May your heart be filled with the magic of the season.” Have you ever had big plans of good times on Christmas Eve and then you get a cold – dozens of sneezes, a box of tissues, a red nose miserable cold – to spoil everything. In this Christmas scene from Summer of Joy, my …
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. ~Harlan Miller I shared a Christmas scene from Love Comes Home on Sunday. Tonight I’m sharing a Christmas is coming scene from These Healing Hills. In the story, Fran is having her first Christmas in the Appalachian Mountains after going there …
These are three of my books that have Christmas scenes. While my last Hollyhill book, Summer of Joy, has a title with summer in it, the book has plenty of snow along with Christmas scenes for Jocie and her family. These Healing Hills has snow and Christmas too even though it has its share of autumn weather as well. One …
~When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness. –Bob Hope Here it is Wednesday night again and I’m getting the pleasure of sending a few words out to my friends. Does December seem to the be the fastest month of the year after …
“Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.” — Jacob Rees-Mogg When my children were still young and often had to wait for something, such as their mother getting something done for them, I would often tell them that patience was a great virtue. I’m sure they didn’t consider the wisdom of my words, but instead wanted to shut their …
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. I’ve heard many say it is their favorite holiday – a day when we pause to gather with families and friends and remember and think about our blessings. Some say it is a uniquely American …
This week I can celebrate my “gotcha” day for Frankie. Seven years ago I found myself without a dog after my sweet Oscar died of bone cancer. Oscar was only seven. Oscar was the next thing to a perfect dog, and I had hoped to have him for a few more years, but cancer is no respecter of age in …
“Sometimes someone comes into your life, so unexpectedly, takes your heart by surprise, and changes your life forever.” -Anonymous My husband and I celebrated an anniversary yesterday. We have been together now almost our whole lives. When we met at a high school football game years and years ago, I was fourteen and he was eighteen. I was a freshman. …
Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. ~Catherine Pulsifier We had an early Thanksgiving dinner at our church today. We’ve been having this special time together as a church family for many years. My mother used to like to go with me to these special dinners. We used to have them in the evening, …