Fighting Crazed Holiday Syndrome
life-takers-crayons.deviantart.com Who isn’t busy all the time? But around the holidays we’re crazy busy. I venture to say women are especially busy and those lights in our lives we call children make...
View ArticleResources for Simple Holiday Gifts & Fun
Enjoy tradition or create new ones. Some families choose to generate their own fun and meaningful traditions that have little emphasis on gifts. Here are just a few examples. The children in one...
View Article100+ Non-Toy Gifts for Toddlers to Teens
What do we really want when we offer gifts to our kids? I’m guessing excitement, happiness, hopefully some lasting joy. It’s disheartening to give a highly anticipated toy or the newest gadget only to...
View ArticleWorst Christmas Became Most Memorable Christmas
Photo by doortoriver via Flickr, CC by 2.0 One year it seemed we were having the worst Christmas ever. That autumn my husband had been in a car accident. His broken neck was healing, but it left him...
View ArticleHopeful, Helpful Holiday Links
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller Sharing ideas and reflections here in hopes of passing along some...
View ArticleHoliday Project Rush
I’m a crafter wannabe with no talent to back up those aspirations. But my desire to come up with frugal and meaningful presents pushes me to attempt projects rather than stare dreamy-eyed at all the...
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