Have a wonderful time with family and friends. Make good memories to remember in the future. Be thankful for the good things in your life. Be careful too. I will be offline until after the Twenty Fifth. Thank you all for reading my posts. You are the ones I write for. You make my day … More Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!!
My life has been enriched by my family, the families of my original family, my own family, and my friend-families. I have many happy memories of holidays from my childhood. My family was a very close one. We actually enjoyed traveling, eating, working, and singing together. As we got older, married, had children, or not, … More Family, “Gotta Love ‘Em!”
One of my four favorite seasons each year is winter. (Yes, for various reasons, I love each one.) I’ve seen them all from South Carolina to western, mountainous and eastern North Carolina; some Southern states get hit with hurricanes more often than the rest of the South. But other parts of the South get hit … More Winter Beauty
Me and My Sister, Dawn First verse of Silver Bells (Composers: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston)“Christmas makes you feel emotional.It may bring parties or thoughts devotional.Whatever happens, or whatever may beHere is what Christmas time means to me.” My childhood memories of Christmas were about times of happiness, church and celebration of Jesus’s birth, family, … More Christmas Memories
During the holiday season there is a mixture of varying emotions. There are many who are caught up in the holiday decorations, music, gift giving and receiving , Santa Claus, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Jesus’s birth celebration, and of course, New Years Day. Depending on our religious or spiritual preferences many of us love Christmas or … More Holidays Are Not Always Happy For Everyone
This story happened during the Covid pandemic. Originally, my family Christmas plans were to be with my own family. But due to circumstances beyond our control I spent Christmas Eve with one neighbor/friend’s family and Christmas day with another neighbor/ friend’s family. M, my oldest son, was going to pick me up and drive me … More A Unique And Delightful Christmas
By Melodie Elaine Estes I wrote this several years ago and thought it would be fun to read on a cold, drizzly day while we wait for real snow!
During the Christmas season our mailboxes are full of mail asking for donations to help multiple worthy causes. We see the bell ringers with the red pot, asking for donations. Sometimes we feel sad that we can’t donate to them all. Every year I try to pick two or three different ones from the previous … More Christmas Is a Time for Giving
The potential for snow in winter reminds me of the Blizzard of 1993; the one I will never forget and the only one I ever experienced. This storm covered a large swath of the Eastern United States. Look up Superstorm of 1993 for pictures For less than a year my husband, Hank, had been the … More The Blizzard of 1993
This wooden manger puzzle holds many Christmas memories for me. The distinctive pieces fit only a certain way into the wooden box made to resemble a shed. My husband and I bought it and two more just like it at a Christmas Craft Show in our home town, Greenville, SC, well over thirty years ago. … More A Manger of Memories
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