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The year is coming to an end. So much life has happened in the last twelve months. We have moved, dealt with health issues, helped family while they were ill, welcomed children back, and sent a child off. We have gone through jobs coming to an end, new ones beginning, friend’s marriages on the edge…
My Christmas week grocery list is scary, and I have a feeling that I’ve forgotten a few things. In addition to the meal list, every Christmas I prepare a family itinerary for the week. We figure out the activities we’re going to participate in, like going to the Perot Museum or the new Star Wars…
I love Christmas carols. In fact my favorite download right now is a Michael W. Smith “Christmas Essentials” album, filled with some of the classics. But when we sing the age-old Christmas songs at this time of year, are we really paying attention to the words? Or are we going through the motions? Is it…
I remember when I first learned to make our family’s famous German potatoes. I was about fourteen and I had peeled hot potatoes for my Grandma Mary. I was asking why I had to peel them hot, verses cold, before they were boiled. She explained that peeling them while they are hot creates a creamier…
It’s not often you come face to face with a bald eagle, but that is what happened yesterday as “Challenger” the bald eagle, was staying at the same Bee Cave, Texas hotel that my husband, Jeff, and I were at. Challenger is a non-releasable thirty-year-old bald eagle, cared for by the American Eagle foundation in…