Like I wrote earlier this month, I’m sharing these posts as they come to mind, and I’m very aware I wrote about my hair before my family. Yikes! But let me tell you, I look around when I’m out and about and I never wish I had a kid that was more like anything I…
DEFINING THANKFUL By Sue A. Fairchild Merriam-Webster’s dictionary describes “thankful” as being “conscious of benefit received.” For me, the definition doesn’t seem to say enough about this word. Being conscious of a benefit we have received is a good thing. It helps us to say “Thank you” and to show appreciation. It helps us not…
Thankful for Home and Family by Laura V. Hilton I signed up to write a Thanksgiving post, and then life hit. This went wrong, then that went wrong and I’m still reeling from the blows when I get an email notice—oh, I need to write a blog post. And it’s due yesterday. Guess I’d better…
Unexpected Blessings By Rachel J. Good Last Thanksgiving was a stressful one for me because I was dealing with some family and financial struggles. I’d just heard that my publisher planned to close their fiction line, so the book series I’d recently finished writing had been cancelled. I had no idea how I’d support…
Thanksgiving speaks so many things to me. Pumpkin pie. Turkey. Thanksgiving parade. Family. Time passing on traditions in the kitchen. No matter where we are, Ohio or New York, just the four of us or extended family, I always try to take extra time to reflect on our blessings. The word God gave me for…
The Ordinary Life Most of us live what is considered an ordinary life. We go through life each day with the typical routine of getting up, going to work, doing laundry, shuttling children to their events, and retiring for the evening. The days and months pass by and before we know it, November hits and…