1. Prioritize 2. Do what you love. 3. Toss the rest. It is easy to get caught up. Caught up in what we think is “the norm.” What “everyone else is doing.” But our families, our children, only know the norm we provide. They only know our house, our home, our traditions, our expectations. Yes, […]
Gift Giving :: Thriving in the Holidays Mini Series
You can read my introduction to the “Surviving… No… Thriving in the Holidays” mini series here. Today I want to examine the idea of gift giving (with the emphasis on giving gifts to our kids) and how you can thrive through a typically financially stressful season. Not giving gifts is not fun. Be honest. We […]
Surviving… No… Thriving in the holidays: A mini series
So as the holidays approach I am looking to lessen stress and increase merriment, joy, laughter, and generosity in our home. I by no means am an expert on getting through the holidays stress free. However, I am trying. I am learning from those around me. Gleaning information from the “experts.” (aka people who’ve been […]
Seeing something old in a new light…
As part of my creating whitespace series I have been trying to carve out time in the morning to read an inspirational book or the Bible. My Bible study devotional which is “Hearing from God Each Morning: 365 Daily Devotionals” by Joyce Meyer has had me reading in 1 Corinthians 12 this week it took […]