• Three Things to Remember when Disappointed by Relationships

    Three Things to Remember when Disappointed by Relationships

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    Extended family-time over the holiday can invite a whole host of emotions. From blessed to stressed, it can leave me thankful and happy to disappointed and frustrated. I can too easily give into the feelings of hurt or discouragement. I so want them to make me feel valued, loved and appreciated. When I don’t feel this …


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  • The Ultimate Christmas Gift: Something to be Merry About

    The Ultimate Christmas Gift: Something to be Merry About

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    The Christmas season isn’t complete for me without the song, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” I know I have mentioned this before, but unlike some songs, I never tire of it during the holidays — playing it over and over on the piano. As a child we usually made it to church during the weeks …


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  • What the Angels Knew about Christmas

    What the Angels Knew about Christmas

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    I am sitting here eating my favorite kind of Christmas cookie, an iced sugar cookie in the shape of a gingerbread man. I wonder what gingerbread men have to do with Christmas. There are many Christmas symbols like this– some having closer connections to Christmas than others. My sister recently posted a photo on Instagram …


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