Tag Archives: Christmas

GRACE, ALL AROUND

By Julie | Published: January 3, 2013
Wait. What day is it?? Isn’t it December twenty-something? Pardon? It’s January you say? But… But why does this calendar in my living room say… And why is that sparkly fake evergreen still here? Really? Wow. But I have four sheets of holiday stamps just waiting for those holiday envelopes to be addressed. You don’t [...]
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A LITTLE CHRISTMAS

By Julie | Published: December 10, 2012
Well, I was going to take this space tonight to tell you how it only took us a week to finish decorating our Christmas tree. (record time.) Or how R-boy hung the star on the tippy top this year. (a first!) Or how it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. (13″ snowstorm [...]
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HEY SANTA

By Julie | Published: December 6, 2012
Last week I came across R-boy’s school journal from three grades back. The boy is brilliant. Check it out. Seriously. You could just go ahead and change a few details (make that an iPhone 5, I already got the pink couch but I’ll take another…), and that could pretty much be my Christmas list for [...]
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HI HO, HI HO

By Julie | Published: January 2, 2012
Well, I don’t know about you, but I am back to work full-force tomorrow morning. No more holiday break for me. I know, I know. Some of you have already been back. But R-kids? They still have six more days before Christmas break is over. (?!) Yep, that’s odd. And yep, I’m a little bit [...]
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[FROM THE ARCHIVES] AFTERTHOUGHTS

By Julie | Published: December 26, 2011
Thought this one was worth repeating… Merry day-after to you. __ Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house I noticed a hint —just a slip— of a slouch. A few times I saw shoulders sag just a bit. Or a smile would come but just wouldn’t quite fit. Conversations would start but [...]
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MERRY MERRY

By Julie | Published: December 25, 2011
It might be almost over for this year, but I’ve savored every moment. Like listening to Pa read the Christmas story while we each place the appropriate characters into the manger scene one by one as he mentions them… and soaking up lots and lots of Grandma love… and wearing the Santa hat when we [...]
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A PINK CHRISTMAS

By Julie | Published: December 19, 2011
Well, since we apparently won’t be having the correct-color Christmas here in Minnesota this year, I’m enjoying my alternate-color holiday. Indoors. With my new pink hanging light. And my pink vintage Christmas bulbs. What? Why, yes, I did say my new pink hanging light. That I paid only $19 for. And which looks even more pink [...]
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FOCUS

By Julie | Published: December 13, 2011
I’m taking this moment to focus on the parts of Christmas I love most. Join me? I hope this busy season is bringing you many moments of quiet beauty. Whether you have to literally chisel them out of a packed-solid schedule or you find them falling like twinkle lights from heaven. xxoo __ thanks R-girl [...]
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MAKING THE ANGELS SING

By Julie | Published: December 6, 2011
Today some friends and I were talking about the things that make us feel most alive. Most fully here. Most completely ourselves. Do you know yours? Have you ever stopped to notice the certain circumstances/activities/people/situations that bring out the best and the most of who you are? The moments in your life that might require [...]
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LIGHTBULB MOMENTS

By Julie | Published: December 4, 2011
Sometimes the very thing that was so tedious and tangled and infuriating in the moment (like, say, checking every single bulb on the strand to try to find the short that’s making the lights turn off randomly every few minutes - so you can please-oh-please avoid having to run to the store for more lights) when seen [...]
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