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Expectations vs Experience
When ladies get together for a baby shower, you can be sure of one thing: stories will be told! Some ladies love swapping labor and delivery stories. I really don’t think it’s about “my experience was worse/better than yours”. Truthfully, I think some part of us feels either that we are heroes for what we…
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The Lights of Christmas
Candles glowing in windows, stars twinkling brightly in contrast to the night sky, Christmas lights shining from rooflines and Christmas trees on cold December nights—there’s something about glimmering lights that call as beacons to our souls. Silently they invite our hurried selves to rest our minds, at least for a moment, and allow our hearts…
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The Heavenly Host vs Rudolph!
There I was, in JC Penneys, riding the escalator to the bottom floor. The mall was a-flurry with shoppers and sellers, all with deadlines—3 days till Christmas! All except me, of course. When I shop at Christmastime, I go when I have plenty of time to enjoy the moment, allowing no sense of rush. So…
