A big, fuzzy blanket is snuggly wrapped around you as you cuddle into your favorite comfy corner of the couch.
There’s a warm fire burning, and you can’t wait to get lost in the historic fiction book you picked up from the library.
And your hands?
They’re wrapped around your favorite mug. Which is full of a delicious flavor of tea.
Wouldn’t you love to wrap up this feeling and give it as a gift?
Here’s how you can.
One of my favorite memories from Christmas in the ’80s was going to my Grandma’s house to get our Christmas cookies.
My Grandma…she turned baking cookies into an experience.
Every December, she would spend days in the kitchen, whipping up recipe after recipe.
When her freezer was finally stuffed to the brim with all of her creations, it was finally time.
We’d show up to get our heaping plate of cookies. The plastic wrap could barely contain all of them…and dropping one was almost sinful.
At home, each kid would fight to get their favorites first. There were a few of each type of candy and cookie, and we knew we had to act quickly to get what we wanted.
And because of that tradition, Christmas just doesn’t feel the same until our home has a collection of Christmas cookies and candies of all sorts of flavors, shapes, and sizes.
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December is a month that can be overwhelming for many of us. There’s the rush of the holidays, with the new year looming. School is wrapping up for a long break (that usually means extra tests and projects). There are concerts and plays to attend, parties that require gifts and goodies, family traditions to celebrate, and in our home a few birthdays to pay special attention to (lest they be lost in the madness!).
It’s easy to feel defeated by the load. It’s tempting to spend your time napping since you can never get it all done anyway!
But before you pull the covers over your head, let’s put together a plan.
Today is Thanksgiving, and my list of blessings is long.
I am most grateful for the Lord for giving me the gift of life and blessing me every single day. I am grateful for my family, the reasons that I do every thing that I do! I am grateful for my friends who have shared so many things with me and helped me out when I needed it with an ear to talk to, a ride for a child, and so much more.
I’m grateful for all of my readers! I would have no reason to blog without you.
I truly hope you have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day today.
~Jamie
I admire the fact that my nieces and nephews don’t actually roll their eyes in annoyance when they’re asked “How’s school?” by adults for the 20th time. If you ask a kid that question and expect anything other than “Good” for an answer, you’re fooling yourself!
Meanwhile, the dinner conversation is turning into a precarious area. You just know there will be a brawl at the first mention of Donald Clinton.
There’s only one thing that can fix these problems.
A good laugh!
Keep these up your sleeve to bring a festive mood to your Thanksgiving meal!
Not long after getting married, my Hubby and I started celebrating Practice Thanksgiving.
What’s Practice Thanksgiving?
It’s a family tradition that we made up.
But there were good reasons for us to celebrate this tradition. And I think you might want to adopt a Practice Thanksgiving for your family, too.
Here’s why.
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