by Deb | Christmas, joy, over-commitment, simplicity |
Once upon a time, I used to be the queen of over-commitment, especially during December as I prepared for Christmas. It felt like I stood at an imaginary starting line, and as soon as I flipped the calendar page, I was off and running — the December dash! I had...
by Deb | Christmas, God's love |
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about God’s extravagant love. I reminisced about my experience one December when my boss and his wife treated the office staff to an afternoon of pure extravagance. Each of us enjoyed a massage, a manicure, and a...
by Deb | Christmas, encouragement, faith |
It’s Christmas Eve and all through the house, not a creature is stirring–I hope not even a mouse! Our stockings are still hung up and since we celebrated Christmas on the 22nd, everything is way too quiet! But we had a wonderful celebration with our...
by Deb | Christmas, love, moms |
The other day when I was looking at our grandchildren’s Christmas gift lists, I couldn’t help but remember the Christmas our sons were 7 and 4-years old. Randy and I had been sent to Okinawa, Japan for a 3-year military assignment. An eternity, I thought!...
by Deb | Advent, Christmas, devotional, faith |
It’s an early morning in December, still dark outside. I curl up into the overstuffed couch, wrapped in my pink fleece robe. Efforts to get up and be productive are more of a challenge these days with cold, gray mornings and frigid temperatures icing the...
by Deb | Christmas, faith, Pearl Girls |
Welcome to the 12 Pearls of Christmas!Enjoy these Christmas “Pearls of Wisdom” from some of today’s most beloved writer’s (Tricia Goyer, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, Sibella Giorello and more)! Please follow the series...