You, Me and Two Cups of Tea

On Monday my little sisters invited their friends over for a tea party. They dressed up in skirts and dresses and heels and hats (most of which was much too big) and set a table with a purple flowered cloth, my grandma’s pink and white teacups, and a bud vase filled with roses and baby’s breath. [...]

Happy Mother’s Day: Thank God for your Mother

“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” – Chinese Proverb
“A mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take.” – Cardinal Mermillod
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always [...]

Molasses Cookies

Something yummy for these old winter days!
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Sugar for rolling
 
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.  Mix all ingredients together.  Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll in sugar.  Bake for 10-12 minutes.
 
Enjoy this simple, delicious fall snack!

Keeping Christmas

 Awww!  This article makes me smile.  But it also makes me think.  Lanier Ivester reminds us all that Christmas is about more than a mad rush and a mountain of gifts.  It should be a season where we, like Mary, take time to “ponder these things in our hearts” (Luke 2:19).
I think this is so true.  [...]

Merry Christmas!

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.  Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:17, ESV
Rejoice!  For today, a king has been born.
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall [...]

O Holy Night.

 
It is Christmas Eve.  We’re planning a big dinner, complete with sparkling cider (which, to our family, says “celebration” like none other).  The kids are jumping around excitedly -promised one present this evening.  They probably won’t get much sleep tonight.  Everyone is so full of Christmas secrets they could burst.  The tree is decorated and [...]