by Anna | Nov 14, 2018 | 31 Days to a Less-Stress Holiday Season, A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
‘Tis the season to prepare for the holidays! Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas will be here soon – before we know it, in the blink of an eye, before we can say ‘Jingle Bells’. Soon we will be up to our elbows in meal prep, gift buying and...
by Anna | Dec 15, 2017 | A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
I’ve been doing quite a bit of speaking this season, to church groups and moms groups and groups of parents. As I’ve prepared the talks for each gathering, I’ve realized that I am a perfectionist. You could say I’m a perfectionist in recovery, but...
by Anna | Dec 7, 2016 | A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
The boxes are piled shoulder-high throughout the basement, full of every single earthly possession we have. In the next three weeks there will be four preschool/church Christmas programs, my son will turn 5, a writing deadline will pass, Christmas Day will come and...
by Anna | Oct 14, 2015 | 31 Days to a Less-Stress Holiday Season, A Moment of Christmas, recipes
Friends. This recipe, right here, is my secret weapon of recipes. One of those that when she inherits the tattered recipe card it lives on, my daughter will already know by heart. It’s the one I bring to potluck brunches, make on the most special holidays, and...
by Anna | Dec 2, 2014 | A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
Sunday morning after a weekend away for Thanksgiving, I was looking forward to going to the first Advent service at our church, which I knew would be decked out with twinkle lights, tall trees, and a manger waiting for its Baby. We’d arrived home late the night...
by Anna | Jan 5, 2014 | A Moment of Christmas, lifeblog
I know. Christmas is over. Even the Twelve days of Christmas are over. And here I am yakking about it again… but I just feel like I kind of got gypped out of Christmas this year. Despite my best efforts, the season flew past and I had a hormonal meltdown last...