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  • 3 Steps to a Quick De-clutter before Christmas

    3 Steps to a Quick De-clutter before Christmas

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    Over the next few weeks we will all be changing our home decor from it’s Thanksgiving theme to all things merry and bright, but what about our closets? I used to decorate my house for Christmas each year by simply adding a few festive pieces here and there. This year I am in a new…

  • Confident About the Beauty of Christmas

    Confident About the Beauty of Christmas

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    How many Christmas pageants, plays or recitals did you go to this year? Children add so much life to this season, don’t they? It doesn’t matter if their costumes are professional or pathetic, when a child is on a stage being recognized, it is beautiful. Or at least entertaining. A few children who play their…

  • Finding Peace in Tragedy at Christmas

    Finding Peace in Tragedy at Christmas

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    Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”   When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them…

  • Celebrating Christmas with Confidence

    Celebrating Christmas with Confidence

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    As you wrap up the last of your Christmas gifts, do you wonder if maybe you didn’t do enough? I do! There are some people that I wanted to bless this season and didn’t even find the time to shop for. There’s others that I wish I could have done more for but the gift giving is restricted…

  • Building Confidence by Keeping Christmas Unfair

    Building Confidence by Keeping Christmas Unfair

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    “I found this on Flyp and just have to get this for little Tommy, he will just love it! Now I need to get something more for Suzzie or he will have more than she does.” My parents didn’t keep Christmas fair for their five children. I’m sure they were tempted to, and I’m sure…

  • Don’t Let Christmas Kill your Confidence

    Don’t Let Christmas Kill your Confidence

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Everywhere we go silver bells and mistletoes are setting the mood to start shopping. Yesterday I stood in line at a local department store for more than 20 minutes! I love shopping, but before giving in to all the pressure to spend my time and money on…

  • Keeping the Cheer in Christmas

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but the hustle and bustle of this season can easily rob the joy from our “gay happy greetings” if we let it, don’t you think?   Actually, if I may, I’d like to guess which part of this busy season taunts your joy (according to your Img.ID,…

  • Merry Christmas and Other Emotions

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    It’s been thirteen years since my daughter died and still I must battle my emotions – especially fear and sorrow – and especially during the holidays. Yesterday was a beautiful Christmas; I found the economic restraints to be quite refreshing; less is more sometimes. Less shopping, wrapping, opening and cleaning up after is more time…

  • End of the Year Closet Challange

    End of the Year Closet Challange

    Imagine walking through a well groomed garden. Smell the colorful flowers and feel the gentle breeze calm your heart. Allow the beauty to inspire peace in your heart as you walk along, while the dew is still on the roses. Perhaps this is a place to find God Himself.  Now consider a garden that is…

  • KNOW YOUR PURPOSE

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    Generally, a chair is for sitting and shears are for cutting. Both items are designed for a purpose. More specifically, a salon chair is for styling hair and office shears are for cutting paper.  Likewise, you could define your own purpose in general terms or more specifically. While your general purpose has a significance in…

  • Does Your Child Say It Like It Is?

    Does Your Child Say It Like It Is?

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    Children are generally bold Kids aren’t shy about what they are thinking, they “don’t have a filter” until they experience a few embarrassing moments that make them hold back. Some children, however, don’t every grow cautious about speaking up because being bold is part of who they are. Typically, the Bold Clothing Personality (Gamine: girl or…

  • The Beauty of the Manger

    The Beauty of the Manger

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    My fourth child was due to arrive just before Christmas. We were building a home at the time and it was not ready for occupancy. I remember feeling anxious about bringing a newborn home to our temporary living situation–a large, open room over my brother-in-law’s garage. With two young boys and another young family within…