 Merry Christmas Happy Christmas to you and your family. On the eve of the Eve, before Christmas. From my office window, the sun is shining, peeking out from large white billowy clouds. Dash (King Charles Spaniel) at my feet. Don is calling me for breakfast. To you,
Here is my heart as I think of you reading or listening today, tomorrow, next year. I'll imagine you, in the brief moment of quiet after the thrill of opened gifts, wrapping paper all over your family room. I am in my PJ's, family popping in and out for the day. Turkey and Rice Soup in the crock-pot. No cooking for me. That is my gift to myself. Tho' I will make a couple of Sour cream lemon pies for our extended family Christmas tomorrow. Merry Christmas.
Complete 25 Day Advent Video  My pen, once again reaching into my thoughts to put ink to the page. The simplest yet most profound sentiment I can send is the supernatural kind. Able to fly on the wings of Angels, touch from the unseen, catch a tear and collect it in a bottle, Jesus Christ who lives in me, Holy Spirit present with you now, and Father God the giver of faith in you, as you receive. The effort is ours: unwrap. His faith. His faith, in my conversation this moment on your behalf. I encourage you to reach into the limitless grace and pull forth from our final yet eternal Advent drawer. God is just using my pen or voice to proclaim it is open for you. And what precious secrets has He placed in there especially for you? Selah... A holy and biblical pause Let's think about that... Need Want Joy Love Comfort Healing Wholeness Compassion Relationship Peace  The Advent drawer, unable to contain the wealth He has prepared for us. Not someday, but today. I ask many questions, my faith listens for the answer He is always talking, giving and believing in us!   Truly Magical YouTube Enjoy! My Gift to You!  Looking for a new beginning?  Where my journey began.
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Look in a child's heart A scorned virgin moved the heavens and earth A faithful believing fiancee believed, responded, and loved Shepherds watched over the fields at night, that night Angels shone roundabout The Magi travel from afar The Heavens declare the Glory of God the Glory is still shinning...
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Yesterday's words were powerful, a forward momentum towards grace and forgiveness opening the door of gratitude for today's offering. All roads do lead home. For most of my life, I am blessed to live within the luxuriant green of the Willamette Valley. From the age of five, Oregon has been my home.
A few years of adventure outside its borders, living in San Diego California, meeting my husband Don, buying our first home, having our first child, and then, home called us home.
Our four sons have also chosen to remain within a short drive from Corvallis Oregon. Christmas and holidays are filled with short travels, good food, dogs, and the gratitude I feel that I love of all the business having family around provides. As we nostalgically venture to open the last days of our Advent calendar, we fill its content with the sounds and memory of home. It may find you miles from the memory or relishing the hugs of loved ones held in the heavens' arms. Home, easily found in the reset of the heart.  Credit The Vintage Kitchen
San Diego, a quick five-year excursion. My first married Christmas was still eighteen hundred miles from the Home for the Holidays. Memory doesn't provide why we didn't drive home this year, maybe we visited Dons folks in Colorado this year. But I was homesick. Arriving in the post just days before Christmas a small parcel half the size of a bread box. I think about that statement, you may not even know what a bread box is? In the days when fresh bread, the making or the walking to town to purchase the staple that soaked up the juices on your daily plate. The bread wasn't wrapped in plastic, freshness was authentically baked daily. We kept metal-type boxes on the counter or had a special drawer in the cabinet or hutch that was designated for our daily bread.
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This treasure-filled little parcel, arriving on the wings of angels, so well packed, tissue and more tissue to cushion and protect the value of its contents. Not a gift but a loan, Rosebud. White glossy porcelain Reindeer, with a pink jeweled rosebud on top of her head. She sat year after year on the antique dark-oak china-hutch next to the nativity made by my eldest brother Mike.
My Mom sent Christmas to me that day. I returned Rosebud to my Mom the Christmas after next, but with that return on her "loan," we moved our growing family to the Willamette valley. All roads lead home. PS. After researching "Rosebud," I think that a large majority of my Grandmothers angel collection were produced by Napco., Interesting trivia, again reminding me of home. 
Happy Christmas, See you tomorrow
that familiar gravel road!
All Roads Lead Home
We are fortunate when Christmas is found woven in our hearts. I loved the thought of Santa Claus and remained a child at heart, believing as long as I could. Despite my brothers telling me otherwise! The Grinch was a movie you enjoyed during the Holidays and when Jim Carry brought the nasty Grinch to life, we laughed until we cried.
My favorite part of the story is that transformation can occur in the smallest or hardest of hearts. Cindy Lou Who, our heroin, without a trace of fear or disbelief in "Who-kind," loves a perfectly unlovable character. A story of estrangement where love prevails. And as my family would say, the story leaves us feeling "roosty tootsy." Means a little bit more...
How would you answer that?
Is there a character in the story that can define a season in your life? Currently or Past? I will boldly address estrangement. It is a nasty business where nobody wins. Unforgiveness is a prison for the one who will not extend or receive it! “There in its nasty, stinking, underground home our insulted, crushed and ridiculed mouse promptly becomes absorbed in cold, malignant and, above all, everlasting spite. For forty years together it will remember its injury down to the smallest, most ignominious details, and every time will add, of itself, details still more ignominious, spitefully teasing and tormenting itself with its own imagination. It will itself be ashamed of its imaginings, but yet it will recall it all, it will go over and over every detail, it will invent unheard of things against itself, pretending that those things might happen, and will forgive nothing. Maybe it will begin to revenge itself, too, but, as it were, piecemeal, in trivial ways, from behind the stove, incognito, without believing either in its own right to vengeance, or in the success of its revenge, knowing that from all its efforts at revenge it will suffer a hundred times more than he on whom it revenges itself, while he, I daresay, will not even scratch himself. On its deathbed it will recall it all over again, with interest accumulated over all the years…†“Someone once said that unforgiveness was like a poison you drink while hoping for someone else to die.†
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Today we have the opportunity to pin Nastiness on a cartoon character.
Kristen, you might say: is this an appropriate subject for an Advent Christmas Calendar. Is it? If Christmas means a little bit more... Our Hanukkah Story
Then the heart of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, the walk in the flesh of the Son of God our Saviour is the bit more.
If you have read my book or listened to my podcast, I have danced with unforgiveness and looked it straight in the eye. Forgiveness is between you and God. You extend it to a person, even to God Himself. Sometimes God will ask you to make it personal. Sometimes God will ask you to make some unique kind of restitution. Whoever you need to forgive, their response to what God is doing in your heart has no bearing. What? You might say. Forgiveness opens the prison door for you. The most trying test of forgiveness is when you extend it verbally face to face, and the person rejects you and the forgiveness you are giving. Ouch, it hurts! 6 Power Points of Forgiveness and the end of Estrangement
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I can't think of a better gift for Christmas than the restoration, with God, self, family or friends.
The end of life is not the end of the opportunity. Forgiveness and God's love are eternal. No hate, or sin, death, or suicide, unbelief, atheism, abortion, or horrible misfortune! Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Period! He is that good of a God. We read the book wrong! Happy to tell you my testimony! And that is the best Christmas Gift I can share with you! That is why it is called the Gospel of Good News. It's time for the Cindy Lou Who's to believe and get about loving Grinch's! 
The Grinch is a bitter, grouchy creature with a heart "two sizes too small" who lives in a cave on Mount Crumpit, a steep mountain just north of Whoville, home of the cheerful and warmhearted Whos. He is annoyed by all the noisy Christmas festivities that take place in Whoville, and decides to "stop Christmas from coming." He disguises himself as Santa Claus and travels down the mountain on a sleigh with his dog Max. Once he reaches Whoville, he slides down the chimney of the first house on the square and proceeds to steal all of the presents, the Christmas tree, and the food for the Christmas feast. He is briefly interrupted in his burglary by Cindy Lou Who, a young Who girl, but concocts a crafty lie to effect his escape.
After doing the same to the other Whos' houses, the Grinch takes his sleigh to the top of Mount Crumpit and prepares to dump all of the stolen items into the abyss. As dawn breaks, he expects to hear the Whos crying, but is shocked to hear them singing a joyous Christmas song instead. Puzzled for a moment he realizes perhaps Christmas "means a little bit more" than just presents and feasting, causing his shrunken heart to suddenly grow three sizes larger. The reformed Grinch returns all of the Whos' presents and food and is allowed to take part in the Whos' Christmas feast. Read Entire History 
 We all have dreams, sugar plum kind, hidden in our hearts. This time of year seems to shake them from their slumber. I hear yours; you hear mine. In the air, there's a feeling of Christmas. Christmas is a portrait of hope, just like the dreams in our hearts.
Today we open the twenty-first drawer in our advent calendar. Our Cities, dressed up in holiday cheer; Children are laughing (or driving you nuts) People are passing, hopefully lawfully, and the Shoppers rush home with their treasures. 
They assigned my post outside a local Albertson Grocery store and gave me a red bucket and bell. I bundled myself for the cold, rain and many passers-bye: Some hurried, others frustrated, others oblivious to the bell. But I was armed with holiday cheer. I sang every Carole, first verse to last. My sound of music went to tell it on a mountain. People smiled, they lingered and reminisced, some requested a favorite they missed. Dads picked up there child and placed them high on the shoulder. Grandmothers told me a story from Ole'. I sang and I sang, till the cows came home with a hoarse voice, my bucket was filled toots sweet, again and again. Salvation, Hmm? may just be the silver bell sound that we remember from Him! It's a memory I love and a feeling to share. My Silver Bell, tells the world that I care. Happy Christmas   Credit: History of the Salvation Army Soon after beginning his ministerial career in England in 1852, William Booth abandoned the concept of the traditional church pulpit in favor of taking the gospel of Jesus Christ directly to the people. Walking the streets of London, he preached to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the destitute. When fellow clergymen disagreed with Booth’s unconventional approach, he and his wife Catherine withdrew from the church to train evangelists throughout England. The couple returned to the East End of London in 1865, where many followers joined their fight for the souls of lost men and women. Within 10 years, their organization, operating under the name “The Christian Mission," had over 1,000 volunteers and evangelists. Thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards were among their first converts to Christianity. And soon, those converts were also preaching and singing in the streets as living testimonies to the power of God. When Booth read a printer's proof of the 1878 “Christian Mission” annual report, he noticed the statement "The Christian Mission is a volunteer army." Crossing out the words "volunteer army," he penned in "Salvation Army." From those words came the basis of the foundation deed of The Salvation Army. From that point onward, converts became soldiers of Christ and were known then, as now, as Salvationists. They launched an offensive throughout the British Isles that, in spite of violence and persecution, converted 250,000 Christians between 1881 and 1885. Their message spread rapidly, gaining a foothold in America and soon after Canada, Australia, France, Switzerland, India, South Africa, Iceland, and Germany. Today, The Salvation Army is active in virtually every corner of the world and serves in over 100 countries, offering the message of God’s healing and hope to all those in need. Read the Entire Article I encourage you to drop in an offering and thank those who ring a Silver Bell and stand next to a red-bucket! The History of Silver Bells
I stayed up late last evening, wrapping presents and hiding their form. Wanting the surprise to linger till the longest breathe of ah-ha!
Keeping the pace, I finished decorating our Legacy Tree. You can see my Legacy Tree video on Instagram. Also Featured on Day 2 of our Advent Calendar. Narrow and quaint, just the right size to take up a small corner in our bedroom. Our "Legacy of Love" tree, decorated with photos and family memorabilia. Prompting, the Old Fashioned memories I share with you for today.
Digging around my under-the-bed photo box, cherishing days that have quickly gone by, kids grown, nieces, and nephews sprouted with their own families. Stumbling across photos, "when photographs were print," beloved days on the farm.
My younger brother is one of three. In his strapping and viral days, Matt's chosen profession was naturalist logging with a team of Belgian workhorses. Ted and Bill. Hired to log and remove trees, to thin and gingerly protect the environment of the forest. Pictures below: My Mom holding her brothers first grandchild in the field admiring the massive pair. Notice a true horsewoman, so confident around horses she had sandals on! And Look at the size of their clod-hoppers. Happy Hanukkah Day 3
Day 6 shares the beautiful story.
Below, husband Don, My Mom, and Dad, the picture that inspired today's poetry.
Inviting friends to fill the wagon, we bundled up, took a four-mile hayride to town, days before Christmas. I can hear in my minds-eye the weighted clop of the team, the jingle of the brass bells, as our breath hung in the frozen air. Neighbors stuck their heads out the door. Small-town traffic slowed as this Old Fashioned team stopped the last-minute bustle in the best of holiday cheer. We played challenge games at who knew, Christmas Song by Verse, Verse three, and the never sung verse five, until our voices were tired and horse. 
The best of distractions:
Happy Christmas
In the photo below is my Grandmother, Eloyce Anderson. I am her namesake, walking next to a team of Clydesdale turning over the sod of a farmer's field.
I think she has done this a time or two... look at that smile!
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Old Fashioned Joy, 
 a Simple snowflake I see it fall, a miracle of frozen mastery, from heaven to all. with snow flurry's covering the Cascade foothills, Christmas and its Eve's pursuing the week. Packages to wrap, Cookies to bake Family to love, sons that want wrapping paper and tape. Today's gift to you, as we open the Advent drawer on Day 19 is Part 2 of "a Wing and a Prayer" I have always loved Psalm 19:1 and thus created an answer to His glory proclaimed. "I want to hear, feel, perceive, be in, be with, in the middle, immersed, sewn, marinate, infused, DNA-same, quintessentially-identical. IAMness, One!" Give-‘em Heaven! Catch episode 34 first then the conclusion of the mystical miraculous story in Part 2. Below that is my favorite Jason Upton YouTube guaranteed to Lift your spirit. Plus extra goodies below! Happy Christmas See you tomorrow! Happy Hanukkah Day 2
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Hello, Day 18, with only a week left to pull off the miracle of Christmas.
I put some surprises in the bag today. Wrapped a miracle that touches my husband kind, Ssh its a secret, and I'm not telling. Are you enjoying my posts as much as I'm enjoying creating them for you? Oh, the increase of Christmas Spirit, yippee!
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This tinsel-lined Valentine has four valuables hidden inside.
A little historical romance from the heart of the Author
"Mary Welsh Hemingway quotes this Valentine's Day couplet that EH
wrote for her in 1956 ((How It Was, p. 428). EH had grown so fond of their Christmas tree that he would not allow it to be removed until months after Christmas." 
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If my Valentine you won't be, I'll hang myself on your Christmas Tree" Ernest Hemingway 
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Another Marriage hint that has helped me stay aware and focus
I made a special place in my daily journal, to write down all the little things my husband does for me each day.
From Cooking to yard care or helping me (ASAP) with a project. Especially those little nagging things: that he finally remembered to do (because they bug me!) Like fluff the pillows in the living room chair he sat in, closing his closet doors, and putting his clothes in the laundry hamper instead of using the trash can as a temporary stash.
After 36 years we all have those little buggers. When I write them down it helps me with my GRATITUDE ATTITUDE. Amen
I made a special place in my daily journal, to write down all the little things my husband does for me each day.
From Cooking to yard care or helping me (ASAP) with a project. Especially those little nagging things: that he finally remembered to do (because they bug me!) Like fluff the pillows in the living room chair he sat in, closing his closet doors, and putting his clothes in the laundry hamper instead of using the trash can as a temporary stash.
After 36 years we all have those little buggers. When I write them down it helps me with my GRATITUDE ATTITUDE. Amen
Happy Christmas
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- Also with the parade of livestock was a new baby black Angus Calf.
- My favorite memory was the year, my Mom decided to parade our 4-month-old Arabian colt up the front steps into the living room, to pose in front of the Christmas Tree for our Christmas cards.
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Love to imagine those beautiful Christmas time places.
An irreplaceable gem that I display every year under our Christmas tree is my Timmy doll. I received her when I was three years old in California. You can see my picture receiving her that day.
Do you have a Christmas treasure you share with friends and family every year?
I'd love to hear your story in the comments. Do share...
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Rekindle through a magical book...
your childhood believe
My kids pic: Maybe by Kobi Yamada which is displayed on my office shelf with the matching little pig.
I purchased 4 sets (book and pig) for gifts last year.
A perfect gift for the young or young @heart!
I purchased 4 sets (book and pig) for gifts last year.
A perfect gift for the young or young @heart!
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Last night we celebrated our Christmas party at my local Home Church.
Nothing better than to sit around a table of the best home cooked food, holiday plates and napkins, with some of your favorite people in the entire world.
With much focus, a little push and rush, our first Christmas Party of the Holiday season. How am I today? Aah, the tinsels and bows, magically hung in all the right places. The first gifts exchanged and hiding underneath another tree. Its time for BAKING, yippee!
Nothing better than to sit around a table of the best home cooked food, holiday plates and napkins, with some of your favorite people in the entire world.
With much focus, a little push and rush, our first Christmas Party of the Holiday season. How am I today? Aah, the tinsels and bows, magically hung in all the right places. The first gifts exchanged and hiding underneath another tree. Its time for BAKING, yippee!
I received this treasure last night. Can we say awe...
From the dearest of friends, the hard part was, which tree to hang it on??
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From the dearest of friends, the hard part was, which tree to hang it on??
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A couple of take away's that help me to keep-moving-forward.
3 Simple Prayers for yourself:
- Ask for help and acknowledge when help has arrived!
- Rearrange importance, Has to be done, On hold, Throw in trash.
- ​Let go of upsetting energy/thoughts/emotions and embrace peaceful energy/thoughts/emotions in its place.
- Practical Note:Have a back up plan to rescue your thoughts. Music, movies, favorite walk, file folder of affirmations, etc.
My big help was my husband Don, who rose to the occasion brilliantly. Note to Wives: God's greatest desire is answering your simple prayer while living vicariously in your husband's footsteps. I only had to ask him once there was a special grace "on" his life to deal with me, A Miracle.
We cannot move casually into a better future. We cannot casually pursue the goal we have set for ourselves. A goal that is casually pursued is not a goal, at best it is a wish, and wishes are little more than self-delusion. -Jim Rohn
The Wexford Carol, sung beautifully by our friends, guitar and pan flute, It lifted all our hearts last night. The lights twinkled from the tree, the food, the fellowship was excellent. I was greatly touched by something so Old, that today it has made a New place in the Christmas history of my heart. Enjoy the different renditions below.
Comment which is your favorite and why?
​Happy Christmas See you tomorrow. Kristen
Comment which is your favorite and why?
​Happy Christmas See you tomorrow. Kristen
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Lyrics: Wexford Carol
Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear
'Prepare and go, ' the angels said
'To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born
With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went, this babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our saviour Christ behold
Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife
Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born
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Songwriters: Derek Holman / Irish Traditional MelodyWeb results
Wexford Carol
What our good God for us has done, In sending His belovèd Son. ... There was a blest Messiah born. ... To find a lodging in the town. But mark how all things came ...
Copyright: Public Domain
First Line: Good people all, this Christmas time
Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) - Mainly Norfolk
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved son
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born
Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear
'Prepare and go, ' the angels said
'To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely babe, sweet Jesus born
With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went, this babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our saviour Christ behold
Within a manger he was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of life
Who came on earth to end all strife
Good people all, this Christmas time
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending his beloved Son
With Mary holy we should pray
To God with love this Christmas day
In Bethlehem upon that morn
There was a blessed Messiah born
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Derek Holman / Irish Traditional MelodyWeb results
Wexford Carol
What our good God for us has done, In sending His belovèd Son. ... There was a blest Messiah born. ... To find a lodging in the town. But mark how all things came ...
Copyright: Public Domain
First Line: Good people all, this Christmas time
Wexford Carol (Roud 22086) - Mainly Norfolk
a beautiful modern take on The Wexford Carol
History of the Wexford Carol
The Wexford Carol is one of Ireland’s oldest Christmas Carols and is one of the oldest surviving Carols in the European tradition. Dating back to the 12th century the Wexford Carol is also known by its first line “Good people, all this Christmas time.â€
History of the Wexford CarolThought to have originated in Co. Wexford, hence its name, many traditions have arisen around the poem and song for example it was said that only men should sing it and this seems to have been the way for many years for example it has been sung by the likes of Tom Jones and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir although since regaining popularity in the 1990’s it has been sung by women like Alison Krauss and Julie Andrews.
Putting an exact date on the origin of this Carol is difficult as although it is also sung in Irish the words seem to be translated from the English version and it seems unlikely that an Irish worded Carol would originate from English speaking Co. Wexford.
The Wexford Carol is also known as the Enniscorthy Carol, this is due to Dr. William Henry Grattan Flood (1857 – 1928) who was the organist and music director at St. Aiden’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
He was said to have transcribed it from a local singer and had it published in the year of his death in 1928. Credit, Your Irish Culture, direct from Ireland.
Read entire article:
History of the Wexford CarolThought to have originated in Co. Wexford, hence its name, many traditions have arisen around the poem and song for example it was said that only men should sing it and this seems to have been the way for many years for example it has been sung by the likes of Tom Jones and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir although since regaining popularity in the 1990’s it has been sung by women like Alison Krauss and Julie Andrews.
Putting an exact date on the origin of this Carol is difficult as although it is also sung in Irish the words seem to be translated from the English version and it seems unlikely that an Irish worded Carol would originate from English speaking Co. Wexford.
The Wexford Carol is also known as the Enniscorthy Carol, this is due to Dr. William Henry Grattan Flood (1857 – 1928) who was the organist and music director at St. Aiden’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
He was said to have transcribed it from a local singer and had it published in the year of his death in 1928. Credit, Your Irish Culture, direct from Ireland.
Read entire article:
Wikipedia: The Wexford Carol
Credit: Visit County Wexford
Wexford Welcomes You with Open Arms this Winter
Places to visit in Wexford this Winter
​Winter is a magical time, so make it even more special with a visit to County Wexford
Winter is the most wonderful time of the year and what better way to celebrate the holiday season this year than planning a festive trip to County Wexford? Wexford is known for:
Places to visit in Wexford this Winter
​Winter is a magical time, so make it even more special with a visit to County Wexford
Winter is the most wonderful time of the year and what better way to celebrate the holiday season this year than planning a festive trip to County Wexford? Wexford is known for:
- the best trails, among the fresh woodland walks and long beach strands
- its cosy hotels with incredible leisure centres and spas
- its restaurants to enjoy local produce
- the family attractions for the little ones
- its heritage and culture
a Simple Nostalgic Phone Call...
Out thoughts are running fast these December days. Hard to believe its Day 14 of our Advent Calendar. I am enjoying our little window of time together. The thoughts of giving and surprises fill my brain as I have a bit more shopping to do. Parties are on the calendar, lists are being made. In our good busy, you have thought about next year? It is time to "Level Up" and take those needed footsteps towards your dreams. CoachingforLife2023 is a perfect fit. Professional encouragement at your fingertips.
Back to our daily story: Today, in a moment of rest: I picked up "What's App" and made a phone call to my dear friend in England. It was a surprise for both of us! It's amazing to have "apps" these days that make a phone call anywhere in the world. Mind boggling! Time and Love are inseparable, with so many ways to express it.
Moments are gathered by thought.
Do you remember party-lines?
I remember my first cell phone! How purses have changed just to have the perfect little pocket for the changing size of your cell phone.
A sound that is etched in my memories: My family has a particular car horn honk, One Long, two shorts. It is the remaining residue of the phone ring on the Iowa farm house about 100 years ago!
A new memory of time and love: My Mom came over to help decorate my Christmas Tree. As we sat for our evening meal, discussing how tart the pickled beets in our salad where. (Left from Thanksgiving) We got into an intense conversation about the family recipe. She said that she had the hardest time getting the recipe from her Mom, my Grandmas. I had proof! I have my Grandmothers recipes box.
I pulled it out from my cupboards and showed my Mom 6 recipe cards with different handwriting on them, all Pickled Beets. We had fun trying to decipher the different hand writings. I browse through the recipe box, in my care for 25 some odd years. It felt like my relatives and there friends where standing right there in the room with us.
My Great Grandmas, Great Aunts, there friends, Cousins, and Church ladies all who have shared recipes over the years. I asked my Mom what this scribble was on the edge of a very worn and food stained recipe card? My grandmas had written two phones numbers, only 6 digits! Things have changed in 75 years. What a treasure!
Gifts of Time and Love can be as easy as a real phone call. Call someone today!
See you tomorrow! Kristen
Back to our daily story: Today, in a moment of rest: I picked up "What's App" and made a phone call to my dear friend in England. It was a surprise for both of us! It's amazing to have "apps" these days that make a phone call anywhere in the world. Mind boggling! Time and Love are inseparable, with so many ways to express it.
Moments are gathered by thought.
Do you remember party-lines?
I remember my first cell phone! How purses have changed just to have the perfect little pocket for the changing size of your cell phone.
A sound that is etched in my memories: My family has a particular car horn honk, One Long, two shorts. It is the remaining residue of the phone ring on the Iowa farm house about 100 years ago!
A new memory of time and love: My Mom came over to help decorate my Christmas Tree. As we sat for our evening meal, discussing how tart the pickled beets in our salad where. (Left from Thanksgiving) We got into an intense conversation about the family recipe. She said that she had the hardest time getting the recipe from her Mom, my Grandmas. I had proof! I have my Grandmothers recipes box.
I pulled it out from my cupboards and showed my Mom 6 recipe cards with different handwriting on them, all Pickled Beets. We had fun trying to decipher the different hand writings. I browse through the recipe box, in my care for 25 some odd years. It felt like my relatives and there friends where standing right there in the room with us.
My Great Grandmas, Great Aunts, there friends, Cousins, and Church ladies all who have shared recipes over the years. I asked my Mom what this scribble was on the edge of a very worn and food stained recipe card? My grandmas had written two phones numbers, only 6 digits! Things have changed in 75 years. What a treasure!
Gifts of Time and Love can be as easy as a real phone call. Call someone today!
See you tomorrow! Kristen
P.S. did you pick up your free gift yesterday?
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The Healing Power of Old-Fashioned Phone Calls
Credit: Jerry Windley-Daoust
Every Sunday since things shut down for the coronavirus emergency, I have been taking an hour or two to connect with far-off friends and family. And while I’ve done a few group video calls, I’ve actually logged way more time on old-fashioned voice calls. You know — no speech-to-text, no chance to review before hitting “send.” No bells and whistles; just you and your conversational dance partner, the two of you taking turns making up a shared story that neither of you could ever tell by yourselves.
Apparently, I’m not alone. In early April, AT&T reported a 35 percent surge in voice calls, and Verizon reported handling more than 800 million voice calls per weekday, more than twice as many as on Mother’s Day. Just think of that: Mother’s Day times two, every day. And those calls lasted about 33 percent longer than typical, too. Those numbers are down a little now, but we’re still making more phone calls than on a typical pre-COVID-19 day.
It makes me wonder: Faced with the biggest global crisis since 9/11, why would so many of us return to the humble voice call to “reach out and touch someone” (as the old Bell ads used to say)? Read the entire article
Apparently, I’m not alone. In early April, AT&T reported a 35 percent surge in voice calls, and Verizon reported handling more than 800 million voice calls per weekday, more than twice as many as on Mother’s Day. Just think of that: Mother’s Day times two, every day. And those calls lasted about 33 percent longer than typical, too. Those numbers are down a little now, but we’re still making more phone calls than on a typical pre-COVID-19 day.
It makes me wonder: Faced with the biggest global crisis since 9/11, why would so many of us return to the humble voice call to “reach out and touch someone” (as the old Bell ads used to say)? Read the entire article
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Did Day 13 Sneak up on us? Yes, and no!
I created most of my post last night, but was a little sleepy in thought and choose to wait on the words for tomorrow when tomorrow becomes today.
I created most of my post last night, but was a little sleepy in thought and choose to wait on the words for tomorrow when tomorrow becomes today.
Helps to have a little snow mid morning! Brings the FUN and Giggle out in me!
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