Category Archives: holidaysEvery year I wrestle with Independence Day. I don’t know why I can’t just enjoy it … the sights, sounds, camaraderie, bon hommie, brownies and, of course, fireworks. No. I must wrestle with ideas. What is this day that we celebrate each year. Are we free? What does that mean? How does our freedom here [...]
Or maybe two or three.
I made a decision last year sometime. I don’t remember when it was. But I remembered it this year and I had time to make good on it. The decision was that I would make our Christmas gifts for extended family members. I think the decision began sometime around “Make Something [...]
Sally Coleman writes – “I have to admit that I am chuckling to myself a little; how strange it seems for me a Brit to be posting the Friday Five on 4th July! I realise that most of our revgals will be celebrating in some way today, but I hope that you can make a [...]
On this Easter morning I thought I’d do a visual of joy …
Giggling for no apparent reason …
Lovin’ every minute of it!
Bein’ silly … cause she can.
Scored the first goal! YAY!!!!!
I win!! We win!! YAY!!!!!!!!
Dying eggs …
Happy Easter Morning … go forth and enjoy the risen Son.
Every once in a while Jewish traditions cross with Christian traditions in odd ways. They make for interesting bedfellows because of the foreshadowing and stories that the Jewish traditions raise for us. This year is one such year.
Tonight at sunset begins the Jewish holiday of Purim. This is the feast which celebrates [...]
The RevGals Mother Laura writes: Ready or not, Lent is upon us!
1. Did you celebrate Mardi Gras and/or Ash Wednesday this week? How?
The LightFamily celebrated a small and quiet Mardi Gras with a dinner of red beans and rice and kings cake for dessert. The kings cake came with beads which we all [...]
“Mom, can I call PlusOneFriend and see if he can play today? I’ve finished my Latin.”
Mom, distracted by writing a draft of a letter to the board of the hockey club about the atrocious behavior of the opposing team this weekend (but that’s another blog-post): “Sure …. ”
“Good, what’s his number”
“Oh … no … wait [...]
We script life, worship, events, parties, etc. so that when the time comes for a blessing we don’t get the Pledge of Allegiance or something equally messy. Real people misunderstand what is expected and/or asked of them in critical moments and they make mistakes. But here’s the thing … our culture has zero tolerance for mistakes. We have a zero tolerance for reality; for the texture and nuance of human-ness. On the other hand, I do not have enough fingers to count the friends who are taking anti-depressants. Maybe I need to use my toes too.
Today is LightGirl’s 14th birthday. I write that in a much more understated manner than I feel. What the h e double hockeysticks happened? Where did the time go? How did thirteen whole years go by so fast? Why is she wearing so much makeup? So many, many questions with [...]
I wrote at some length about my best Christmas gift the other day. But here are some other gifts I received on Christmas.
We have a new tradition now … spaghetti for dinner. I spent a couple of hours making a (new) recipe for dinner. Chicken Cassoulet with Acorn Squash. It smelled delightful and yummy. Just [...]
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