Journey Updates
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Countdown to Christmas 2025….Day 4
Last night I stood side by side with my friend Kim for what I think is my twelfth Christmas Walk in the little shoppe she owned for 25 years. We did our dance around each other as I rang up items and she wrapped and beautified purchases and chatted with customers. The Christmas Walk is…
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Countdown to Christmas 2025…Day 3
So the first memory I jotted in my notes was from a few Christmases after we moved into this home we have inhabited for nine years. Caroline had come along with all the joy that miracles bring and she was toddling around, a rose among the thorns of three wild and crazy brothers that year. …
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Countdown to Christmas 2025 … Day 2
As Russ and I drug the trees out of the basement storage and got them set up the other night, I looked across the top of one of the sections as we pulled it to its position and said, “Nine years. We have been here nine years, haven’t we?” Yep. We have. Nine Christmases in…
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Countdown to Christmas 2025….Day 1
Welcome to the Countdown to Christmas 2025. If you are new here, we like to do a 25 Day Countdown each year with some kind of focus. Okay, I like to do a 25 Day Countdown and some people hang around to see if I can pull it off. First I want to tell you…
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Sometimes, mid-stir, a memory arises…
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I have been prepping some things and baking (way more than we will eat but it is so fun) and cleaning up every so often so I can start another recipe or three. At one point I was replenishing the flour and realized it was stacked precariously on top of all my…
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Just a thought…
I have been thinking about a little life lesson I had recently that might just be good and applicable for others as we launch into the holiday roller coaster. I hope and pray I can explain this in a fairly compact way that remains effective without overcomplicating it. The lesson was gleaned during a process…
