“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…”- A Visit From St. Nicholas We have only had a fireplace in one house – a rental we lived in when Sarah was a baby – so our stockings have always hung from various pieces of furniture with care. We have a television cabinet with an
Month: December 2022
Advent Word/Day Fourteen The word flourish brings to mind plants, animals, and people that are thriving. What it takes to flourish is dependent on many factors, from the intrinsic – such as the biology of the thing in question – to the extrinsic – such as the environment. Some of these things can be controlled
“Elves love to tell stories. I bet you didn’t know that about elves.” – Papa Elf/Elf In 2019 on one of our pilgrimages to At Home/formerly Garden Ridge, we brought home this mischievous looking elf. He was christened Peppermint Jazz from his tag (of the particular collection/theme that the store carried that year.) He became
Advent Word/Day Thirteen My daddy loved a good fire; whether it was in a fireplace, a wood burning stove, or outside/a campfire. If there was the slightest chill in the air, he would build a fire. Trever is the same way (in fact, I swiped this picture he took last year at the cabin.) Looking
Advent Word/Day Twelve Breathe. Deep breathing has health benefits which range from decreasing stress to lowering blood pressure to relieving pain. I often find myself sighing not in relief or exasperation but simply because I have been breathing so shallowly that once I take a moment to pause and actually breathe deeply, that breath is
Advent Word/Day Eleven I’ll admit I had to look up the definition of winnowing to refresh myself on its meaning. According to the Oxford English Dictionary: win·now /ˈwinō/ verb gerund or present participle: winnowing As I thought about the meaning of the word, I kept coming back to the thought that during this – as in
Advent Word/Day Ten Welcome is a word that adorns door mats, businesses, and church signs. The goal should be to move beyond “welcome” as a word that is a rote greeting and to embrace it is an attitude and way of being. -Karri Temple BrackettDecember 6, 2022
“In the meadow we can build a snowman…” – Winter Wonderland At some point, I began collecting snowmen/snowwomen/all of the snowpeople. I would receive them as gifts, and I started looking for them in thrift stores and flea markets. As my collection has grown, I now try to only buy a figure if it is
Advent Word/Day Nine I am a bit of a pluviophile. I love the rain. In fact when I would hear the hymn about the land of cloudless days, I would get rather sad! I need a good rainy day every once in a while. Rain gets a bad rap and has become synonymous with gloom
Advent Word/ Day Eight The older I get the more I appreciate laughter. Happiness. Silliness. I have a bit of an err, reputation in my family for taking things (including myself) a bit too seriously. And normally I only post well staged photos of myself taken from the right angle. But this one Abby took