This Christmas my mom gave my dad a chocolate bar, supposedly designed specifically for sharing between “Him and Her.” The wrapping was one part pink and one part black, with each side labeled “50%”…but the punch line was in the pink, which spread obviously beyond the midline of the chocolate! “Her” portion was taking up…
During the holidays, my husband and I love to have Christmas movie marathons and 2010 was no exception. We pulled out all the classics as well as a few new additions for quite the entertainment lineup! There is one movie we both particularly look forward to every year though—It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s a Wonderful…
For our first Christmas together, my husband and I are feeling somewhat displaced. We have no Christmas tree, no poinsettias, not even a pinecone. There’s not a single ornament in sight. We haven’t decked any halls, roasted any chestnuts, or jingled any bells. But we’re not Grinches, we’re just moving. We are saying goodbye to…
“Ding Dong, Ding Dong!” The bells toll their melodic tune over and over again, and it is music to my ears. It is an invitation to pause and recall the gift of the Christmas season. As I look up, there is a man standing there with a white beard, Santa hat, and a big grin…
Last fall I stood in a row of purple dresses in a sunny field, about to watch a radiant couple take their wedding vows, when the officiating pastor dropped a bomb. Seriously? I thought, You’re really going to go there? We were in the middle of a beautiful autumn wedding, and he was going to…
