by Shirley | Dec 29, 2014 | Christmas, Depression
Do you experience it, too? The after Christmas blues? You know what I’m talking about. There is so much hype leading up to Christmas Day. This year the stores started bringing out Christmas decorations in October! People joked on Facebook that it was...
by Shirley | Dec 28, 2014 | Christmas
Today I’d like to share a few thoughts from my children on this holiday season. First, from my 17 year old daughter: Growing up, I always knew that Christmas was about Jesus and celebrating His birthday. As I’ve gotten older, I have noticed that not a lot...
by Shirley | Dec 25, 2014 | Christmas
Today we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! It isn’t about the presents under the tree. It is about the greatest gift that we could ever receive, and that is the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. He came as a tiny baby to save...
by Shirley | Dec 24, 2014 | A New Year - A New You!, Christmas, Tuesday At Ten
You may be sitting there asking yourself on this Christmas Eve, “What do I have to give?” It’s quite simple, really, as the biggest treasures cannot be found on the shelves. They are not stocked in any store, nor can they be found with a few clicks...
by Shirley | Dec 23, 2014 | Christmas, My Story, Words of Love To My Babies
My ten year old daughter came home from school one day overcome with sadness. You see, earlier in the day she visited the little country store at their school where they were allowed to buy items for their family members for Christmas. My daughter told about how she...
by Shirley | Dec 18, 2014 | Christmas
This past weekend was full of experiences for us as a family, as well as our horses. We just became a horse family in March of 2014. There has been this longing in our hearts for horses all of these years, but for some reason, we had this idea in our heads that it...