Category: Holidays
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Christmas Wrapped in Strange Sunny Paper
Thanksgiving week, we moved from NY to TX. With the family traveling down to spend the holidays, I had to make some-things appear normal amidst my inner upset and chaos.
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10 at the End – December
One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life. Krista Ritchie Here we are on December 31st, and I’m trying hard to take a moment. To be present at…
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Welcome Christmas Week
Happy Monday!🎄 I’m happy that most have a short or zero-days work week as we gather to celebrate the birth of Christ or complete Hanukkah tonight. Becoming settled in a new home and unfamiliar territory is a long distance run, not a sprint. Everything is taking longer than expected and…
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Thanksgiving Week
Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name! 1 Chronicles 29:13
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Christmas in July
I ducked into Hobby Lobby for a quick errand before going for a walk at the park. After seeing the countless aisles overflowing with Christmas décor throughout the store, my eyes gravitated to pine and the appearance of holly (not actually holly berries) on my summer walk!🌲
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Memorial Day
Since I’m a lifelong New Yorker living nowhere near a military base, it’s rare that I bump into active duty soldiers in uniform.
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Actually, It Was My First Rodeo!
One of the highlights of the rodeo (and Texas-at-large) is their patriotism and reverence for our military. Texas state pride is virtually unmatched from what I’ve read and personally experienced.
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Texas Tuesday – The 12 Days of Drover
Christmas week, we stayed one night at the Hotel Drover, with some friends of ours who live in Dallas. Located in Fort Worth, a few steps away from the Fort Worth Stockyards, the Drover is a Marriott autograph property which creates an annual Christmas experience that our friends were very…
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