Record snowfalls. That’s what a lot of areas of our country have been experiencing. Inches and inches. As someone who doesn’t like to be cold, my heart goes out to them...
A Gift from Snow
The Beauty of Winter
You may have gathered from my blog post last week that winter is not my favorite season. I don’t like to be cold, and I’m grateful that I live in the South where our winters are mild. Although I love to see snow, as in the gorgeous picture above, we don’t get much of it where I live.
Even though I don’t like cold weather, I do appreciate the season of winter. Here are a few reasons why winter is a good thing...
Planning for Beauty
Like most people, I spent some time these past few weeks thinking through and setting goals. I’ve got one goal for each of the five most important priorities/categories in my life, including Glimsen. I’m looking forward to sharing more glimpses of beauty with more people this year.
As you think through your own priorities and make your plans for this year, don’t forget about beauty...
Holiday Gifts of Creativity
When the Holidays are Hard
The Arts of Christmas
The Sounds of Christmas
One Way to Add More Meaning to Christmas
Several years ago, my husband and I asked ourselves this question: how could we make our family’s Christmas season more meaningful? We didn’t want to just give each other and our daughter a pile of presents. We wanted to simplify the gift-giving part of our celebration and also tie it into the story of Christ’s birth.
He started doing a little research and shared an idea with me. Why not use the model of the wise men’s three gifts as our own?