This blog post is part of a four-part series where our team shares how they're finding gratitude in 2020. If you'd like to read parts one, two or three click the corresponding links. Addison The pages of my 2020 planner were all filled in until about mid-March; now…
This blog post is part of a four-part series where our team shares how they're finding gratitude in 2020. If you'd like to read parts one or two click the corresponding links. Christina What 2020 has taught me is the importance of relationships. Minus my parents, my family…
This blog post is part of a four-part series where our team shares how they're finding gratitude in 2020. If you'd like to read part one, you can do so here. Taylor In September, my pastor gave a sermon about our perception of time, and one thing that…
In a year when we have lost so much (from the irreplaceable to the inconvenient and everything in between), writing a seasonal post about thankfulness seems, at first thought, like an arduous affair at its worst and an irksome one at its least. But after more reflection, it’s…
If you reflect on every holiday season you’ve had in your life, some memories are sweeter than others. Our lives oscillate between times of feast and famine, and the holiday season has a way of exacerbating the overall sentiment of the year. Last year around this same time,…
Did anyone else notice last month that while Halloween costumes and candy were on display, Christmas decorations and gift ideas were starting to creep onto the aisles of your favorite stores? I did. And it made me sad. Where was Thanksgiving? Maybe you found Thanksgiving like I did,…
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it has a simple history, meaning and purpose. Give thanks. Refraining from drowning everyone with a massive tirade on why I hate Black Friday, which has now morphed into Black Thursday/Friday, let me explain. Even if life has been handing…
I have often joked about having to do “family PR,” but I’m taking it seriously this Thanksgiving, as I’ve decided to take my kids on a trek across three states to reunite with family members we haven’t seen in a while – some we haven’t seen in quite…