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  • The Short of It

    January 8, 2012
    A smiling couple dressed in winter jackets outdoors.

    We cut our hair. All four of us.

     
    (To be precise, I should say Aunt Deb cut the girls’ hair and my friend Elizabeth cut…

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  • Christmas in Retrospect

    January 6, 2012
    Two children exploring an advent calendar with numbered pockets.

    The loops on our Disney chain are slowly disappearing. Excitement for the big trip is building. But before we venture off to visit this…

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  • Here’s to 2012!

    January 2, 2012
    A small, fluffy white toy with a blue ribbon sitting on a carpet.

    Our New Year’s Tree remains one of my favorite holiday traditions.

    As I packed the ornaments away, tucked them in tissue paper and carefully placed…

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  • Surprise!

    December 29, 2011

    I relish a good surprise. When I was a girl, I didn’t want to know if the preemie cabbage doll I asked Santa for,…

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  • Christmas Morning

    December 25, 2011
    Children playing with dolls, dressed in costumes, around a cradle.

    Our Reenactment of the Nativity on Christmas Eve

    Christmas Morning

    If Bethlehem were here today
    Or this were very long ago
    There wouldn’t be a winter time
    Nor any…

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  • Secret Alms

    December 22, 2011

    When she was eight years old, her single mother (age thirty) moved their young family from California to Salt Lake City. It was late…

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  • Jest ‘Fore Christmas

    December 20, 2011
    A pillow with a festive message to Santa at the North Pole.

    Six days until Christmas and I am standing at the kitchen counter slicing cucumbers when I hear the girls sneak into the kitchen. They…

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  • Jingle Jingle From the Keslers

    December 14, 2011
    Woman in red sweater with a surprised expression indoors.

    Remember my crazy talented cousins, the Keslers? Well, they’re back. With their 2011 Christmas video.

    Surely I’ve made you a fan by now. After this?…

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  • Clap for Joy

    December 11, 2011
    Young boy in pajamas holding a cookie with a bunny stuffed toy.

    This painting by Brian Kershisnik of the Nativity always makes me wish I was one of those angels, crowding shoulders and bending long, for…

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  • All Lit Up!

    December 6, 2011
    Colorful light trails creating circular patterns against a dark background.

    I still remember what it was like, trying to fall asleep beneath those colored bulbs that trimmed our house the whole month of December….

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