Less drama. More Delight.
Here we are already: Day 5 of the “Wrapped in Grace” blog tour – 5 days of 5 friends sharing practical ways to have a less-stressed, more grace-full holiday season … and some great give-aways! Today’s guest blogger is moi! Be sure to enter the drawing for my book, co-authored with Kathi Lipp: The Cure for the “Perfect” Life, which will automatically enter you into our grand […]
Might you be a Highly Sensitive Person ? Take the “Am I a Highly Sensitive Person?” self-quiz to find out! * * * * * Daniel and I laugh at them now. But I used to take the negative comments on what’s become my most popular blog post – How to Fix a Non Gift-Giving […]
I don’t like December. I feel terrible admitting it. But for so many years (decades, really) Try-Harder Living overshadowed Christ and family and joy. Long before Pinterest, Perfectionism barked orders about the kind of tree we had to have (at least 7′ tall, freshly cut). All the cookies I had to bake (from scratch; no boxed mixes allowed.) All […]
Might you be a Highly Sensitive Person ? Take the “Am I a Highly Sensitive Person?” self-quiz to find out! * * * * * I don’t write about controversial topics. At least not intentionally. But over the last five years, my post “How to Fix a Non Gift Giving Husband” has tweaked a few […]
Daniel and I ventured out to the mall last night for the first time this holiday season. Some unexpected emergencies have dried up our Christmas funds, so I wasn’t really planning to do any Christmas shopping. Daniel and I have everything we need. And our kids are 21 (as of tomorrow, sniff, sniff!) and 22, […]
(Note: This is the final installment in a four-part series on giving gifts that match each personality. Here’s a quick online personality assessment if you need to figure that out first!) * * * * * In just under a month, Christmas tree skirts will be empty, trash cans stuffed, and many credit cards maxed. What […]
(Note: This is the third installment in a four-part series on giving gifts that match each personality. Here’s a quick online personality assessment if you need to figure that out first!) * * * * * It’s less than four weeks ’til Christmas Day…26 shopping days ’til all Christmas Gift Lists need to be fully checked off. Perhaps […]
(Note: This is the second installment in a four-part series on giving gifts that match each personality. Here’s a quick online personality assessment if you need to figure that out first!) * * * * * Black Friday is in the past. On this day, many normally sane humans forfeited sleep, joined frenzied crowds, and forked over funds […]
(Note: This is the first installment in a four-part series on giving gifts that match each personality. Here’s a quick online personality assessment if you need to figure that out first!) * * * * * The gift-giving season is almost upon us. For many, what should be a celebration of relationships mutates into stress over getting “just […]
Might you be a Highly Sensitive Person ? Take the “Am I a Highly Sensitive Person?” self-quiz to find out! * * * * *In the 5 years since I first wrote this post, it’s gotten tons of Google hits three times a year: before & after Christmas, before & after Valentine’s Day, and before […]
