I put on a cartoon about the first Christmas for my son over a week ago, and I’ve been reflecting on how unexpected the details of Jesus’ birth were ever since. For Mary, the angel Gabriel’s appearance and message to her was a complete surprise. She did not expect to be told that she’d be… Continue reading An Unexpected Christmas
A Hallmark card sent by a friend Oh, star of wonder, star of nightStar with royal beauty brightWestward leading, still proceedingGuide us to thy perfect light-We Three Kings These lyrics have been running through my head as of late, all thanks to a special “star” that I read about in an article recently. The “star”… Continue reading Star of Wonder
Picture taken by my younger sister My eyes were drawn to a picture hanging above my sister’s head as we video chatted several weeks ago. “Are those teapots?” I asked her as I tried to make out the artwork more clearly. “They’re actually vases,” she responded, placing her phone up to the picture as she… Continue reading Kintsugi 金継ぎ
The quilts and cross-stitch that my mom made for my family and me. She seeks wool and flax, and willingly works with her hands."Proverbs 31:13 My mom will be turning seventy in a few days, and I have found myself thinking about her a lot as a result and all that she has accomplished throughout… Continue reading My Mom’s Hands
I have kept a cookie tin on top of my refrigerator for a good chunk of the year. It has come down a number of times throughout these last eight months, but only long enough for me to jot down a note or two to toss into the tin among the growing pile of past… Continue reading The Best of 2020
October proved to be a busy month. On top of family responsibilities, I tried to keep up with this blog and continue my attempts to help my younger brother write a book (you can read a brief idea about that here: http://anticipatingadventure.com/2020/01/21/remembering/). I also worked on creating an award-worthy recipe for a Christmas cookie contest… Continue reading Building Towers
The presidential election has left me feeling anxious like nothing else this year, and since we all know what this year has entailed in general, that’s saying a lot. I get nervous thinking about what our country might look like after the next four years. I honestly start to panic if I think about it… Continue reading In God We Trust
Now that fall is here, I am enjoying all the seasonal scents. I have made muffins and stovetop chai a few times, and although it still feels like summer beyond my front door, I have even burned candles a few times—ones with names like mulled cider and harvest spice. Yesterday I burned my oakwood spice… Continue reading Fragrant
Photo by Sergio Souza from Pexels I read an ominous article several days ago. Or, better put, I read it halfway through—it was too disturbing to finish. The article was about a group of young ladies from the early 1900s that worked in a factory in New Jersey. Their job was to paint the face… Continue reading Poison
Liam and I sometimes play a game on our morning walks, unbeknownst to him. We generally play it when he takes rocks from his “rock collection” with us. When this happens, I try to leave as many rocks as I can alongside the pathway where Liam got them in the first place. Liam, on the… Continue reading Rock Collections
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