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Why My Kids Love our Advent Card Tradition
Read More: Why My Kids Love our Advent Card TraditionChristmas has become my kids’ favorite holiday of the year. They love it so much in fact, that they convinced me to celebrate Christmas in July this past summer. Now, I get it, everyone loves Christmas–but for our family, one tradition in particular has made it a cause for celebration all month long—Advent Cards. And…
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Ways to Slow Down and Soak in the Christmas Season
Read More: Ways to Slow Down and Soak in the Christmas SeasonIt’s crazy that we’re already half-way through December! Somehow the holidays seem to fly by every year, and I find myself longing to soak them in. I want to make sure I don’t miss the beauty of this Advent season amidst all the hustle and bustle. Each year, I make a personal to-do list for…
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We’re so excited for the new December Advent Cards!
Read More: We’re so excited for the new December Advent Cards!To get the newest Christmas Advent Cards and Calendar for 2024 visit our Etsy Shop here! Use code MFM15 for an extra 15% off! Christmas is a magical time with little ones, isn’t it? Their joy over every little thing—the Christmas lights, the hot chocolate, the treats and the decorations—it’s just infectious. As a mom,…
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How to throw Jesus a birthday party this December
Read More: How to throw Jesus a birthday party this DecemberFor the past few years, my mom has sent me a subscription to Southern Living and I love going through their December issues. Each year, they feature a beautiful white cake on the cover, calling it the Christmas cake of the season. And I have always wondered, why cake? It’s not that I don’t like…
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Why We Love Using an Advent Wreath in December
Read More: Why We Love Using an Advent Wreath in DecemberWhy does my family love using an Advent wreath in December? Well, let me begin by telling you a story. My son just turned 3. He doesn’t quite understand the concept of the days of the week yet. But every Saturday is our family’s Sabbath, and at each meal of Sabbath we try to light…
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The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020
Read More: The Christmas Checklist You Need (and will actually like) for 2020It goes without saying that Christmas is going to be different this year. Living in a global pandemic means much of our Holiday norms just aren’t going to happen in the same way that they always have. And while that feels like such an obvious statement, I know that my type A, stick to all…
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Christmas Movies You Have to See
Read More: Christmas Movies You Have to SeeOne of the ways that you and your family can live into the Christmas season, is of course, to cozy up and watch a Christmas movie. Many of the movies on this list are Christmas classics, fit for the whole fam and a few of them are best kept for the grownups after the kids…
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Why My Kids Love our Advent Card Tradition
Christmas has become my kids’ favorite holiday of the year. They love it so much in fact, that they convinced me to celebrate Christmas in July this past summer. Now, I get it, everyone loves Christmas–but for our family, one tradition in particular has made it a cause for celebration all month long—Advent Cards. And…
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To My Son, on your Due Date
I promise I began this post on your due date, Wells. It’s just that–you’re the fourth child and while I had every intention of writing the full story of your birth on your actual due date (since you came 8 days early!), it’s taken me a few additional days to write it down. And, to…
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Letters from a Young Mother
Lately, I’ve been thinking about my time. How I spend it. How I want to spend it. And recently, I was reading Missional Motherhood by Gloria Furman where she spends some time exegeting Titus 2. In verses 3-5, it says– Titus 2:3-5, “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves…
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