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The Best Gifts Are Not Always From A Store (& budget friendly gift ideas!)
If there is one stressful part of Christmas that most people have in common, it’s finances! Christmas is all about giving, right? And giving usually costs money. Sometimes money we don’t have and shouldn’t be spending, but we can’t help but get caught up in the shopping and spending. And it never fails that the…
Keeping Your Sanity During Holiday Gatherings
There are many things that drive us crazy during the holidays and threaten to steal not only joy but our sanity too. Yet, I dare to assume that “family” might be at the top of many people’s list. So to kick off my my ‘Managing Holiday Stress’ blog series this month, I thought it appropriate…
Staying Filled Up After Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a day full of “fillers”. Many of us get filled up with family, filled with thanks, filled with blessing, and most of all, filled with food. We overindulge in good food and homemade goodies and feel so physically full that we vow we won’t need to eat again for days. But although we…
What Peppermint Patty Teaches Us About Thankfulness
I love all the old Charlie Brown cartoons, and in the Thanksgiving episode, we are reminded of the importance of approaching Thanksgiving with our hearts, and not just with our words. And Peppermint Patty herself shows us what TO DO, and what NOT TO DO, during this special holiday. You see, Peppermint Patti, upon sitting…
You haven’t failed. You’re just in the middle. Clarity before the first step changes everything
There’s a moment that happens in the middle of almost every God-given pursuit that nobody really warns you about. The beginning was clear. You felt the calling, you said yes, and you stepped out with faith and a full heart. But somewhere between the start and the finish line, life crowded in. Progress slowed. The…