Despite my best efforts to be well prepared, I’m heading into Christmas on two wheels again. I’m not sure what the antidote to all the crazy is, but I know what it is not: the parking lot of our city’s shopping mecca forty-eight hours before the holiday. The shirt I’m wearing may say “Holly Jolly…
One would think I could write a post about something other than Christmas, but the fact is the season is a bit all-consuming. The 1st Grader is memorizing a verse from Isaiah this week, so we’ve been practicing in the car. As of this morning she almost has it down except for the last part…
We live off a busy road where the traffic issues seem to be increasing by the day. As I was driving on one particularly busy stretch of this road earlier this week, I noticed a table set up very near the road in the grass. And on the table is a purple tablecloth, a wreath,…
I like Christmas. I like shopping for gifts for family, friends, and even people I don’t know. But, I am not a fan of the aggressive marketing that surrounds these weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. I glanced at my email inbox this morning, two days before December even begins, and saw the following urgent…