December 2010

A Holiday Exchange: Giveaway!

December 6, 2010 christmas

My Favorite Christmas Tradition When I was in middle school, my mom gave my brother and me a miniature Christmas tree. Every year we were given one ornament to put on the tree. The idea was that when we went to college or moved out we’d have our own tree full of ornaments and Christmas [...]

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How Many Hands?

December 4, 2010 operation christmas child

Good morning from California! (I love saying that!) Right now I’m sitting in my hotel room eating a dark chocolate almond turtle (yes, before breakfast) and thinking about shoeboxes. My home church has done shoeboxes for years. I remember my mom and one other pastor going to the store with several grocery carts and filling [...]

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Is it 7am?

December 3, 2010 operation christmas child

Good morning from California! I’m in Orange County (minutes away from my family!!) to visit Operation Christmas Child! In just a few minutes I’m going to run downstairs and eat breakfast with Christine, Andrea, Sarah, Jessie and Tricia. Then we’re off to the OCC Processing Center where we will see and HELP process all the [...]

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How Being A Mom Is Like Being in a Sorority

December 1, 2010 me

One of the first things my mom said to me after I announced I was pregnant was, “I’m so glad you’re going to be a mother!” And she said it like she had been waiting and waiting for me to be in this secret club with her. That now, finally, I was going to understand [...]

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