Devotions for Christmas
This book is a delight for the senses and the soul. It’s beautiful—the foil detail on the cover shines against a dark background. Snowflakes decorate the reading pages, and the days are separated by rich, colorful photos.
Wild and Free by Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan
Even though this book promises to be “a hope-filled anthem” for women, I found it to be a disappointing ramble—too hard to follow.
Last Christmas we hardly bought any toys for our children.
How did they grow up so quickly?
The times of toy wonder are drawing to a close. My daughter still plays with Barbies and baby dolls. My youngest son is still entranced by Legos. But my oldest son thinks he’s outgrown toys.
Christmas feels different with older children, but it comes with new privileges.
Have you dealt with a season of grief at Christmas?
In my first post of this series, I wrote about my grandparents’ house being a constant in my childhood Christmases. The tradition of Christmas Eve at their home stopped in 2011 when Grandpa had a debilitating stroke.
Have you needed to set boundaries at Christmas?