Year: 2020

The last day of the year. It feels a bit more meaningful as 2020 comes to a close, doesn’t it? Somehow a bit weightier? A…

Today, I will pack up the Christmas decorations and return the house to its normal, less-festive but more practical state. I suspect as well that…

Today is Simon’s birthday. At the beginning of the month, when Phineas’ birthday was miraculously snowy, Simon said he was praying that he would enjoy…

Today is Christmas Adam, the day our family normally settles in for our somewhat quiet, cloistered holy days. We clean bathrooms, mop the floors, prepare…

I saw a meme this summer that stuck with me. It listed a whole host of activities that had not, in spite of local mandates…

Looking back on all of the previous Advent seasons of our family, I will say that this, easily, has been one of the busiest. Busier,…

I was stumbling through my Apple News– a habit  of which I am happy to say that 2020 has essentially broken me– looking for a specific…

I mentioned decorating gingerbread houses recently, and several sweet friends reached out and asked for my recipe. And yes, I have a fabulous gingerbread recipe…

Does anyone else ever forget that we are not entitled to a tidy Christmas season? Does anyone else sometimes find themselves in the midst of…

Last Christmas, in a flurry of creative energy, I hit Pinterest and tried several new crafts and recipes. Something about the holiday season tends to…