Tag: christmas
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Life is Fragile
Real Love is Not~ The holiday season brings much that remains buried during the rest of the year to the surface. This is why we often observe or experience abnormal impatience, emotional instability, or outbursts, heightened anxiety, unrealistic personal expectations, and more! I’m sure that someone much smarter than I could expound on why this…
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WHY?
That requires so much work, so much energy, and so much time… why don’t you just stop? Quotes about difficult things being worthwhile often highlight effort, perseverance, and the value found in overcoming challenges. Theodore Roosevelt’s classic quote, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty,” is…
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Lessons From This Christmas
Remembering What Matters My final tree for this year was finally up and decorated on December 5. This real tree in the den is what has affectionately been called “Mom’s Tree” for many years. It holds the “elegant” ornaments that I either made, purchased over the years or inherited from family. I love everything about this…
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The Dismantling of the Tree
…Smile with me as I try to make this fun. My love for Christmas and all of the decorations makes my dislike for when it’s over very real. In fact, last year my children gave me a shirt that said, ’Most likely to cry when Christmas is over!’ But… as with all things in life, whether we like it…
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