Christmas Mass

As I said in my last post, we attended Mass on Christmas Eve.  Rickard and I spoke to our kids ALL the way there, telling them that we were going to a “real” church.  When we got out of the car, my 7yr. old son asked “can we run around this church”.  We left the [...]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Well, it’s nearly over!  We had to wake up our kids today.  UNBELIEVABLE!!!  They got their stockings and had to wait to open presents.  But, they were happy with all they got.  Call us crazy, we got our daughter an electric guitar.  She was thrilled.  We also got a guitar for our son, and I [...]

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Advent week 4: Love

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”

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I’m sleeping with Dr. Dolittle

When I was a kid, we always had animals.  We had dogs, cats, horses, a duck one year for Easter, and Quail.  My husband never had a pet as a kid.  When we met, I had a dog.  Before we got married we got a puppy.  We found a stray cat and brought it home.  Of [...]

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Advent week 3: Joy

Tonight was our 3rd annual Christmas party at church.  Each family draws a name of another family, and we put a family basket together.  We come together and share a beautiful meal .  The kids do crafts together, tonight they took pictures and made cards for Isaiah.  Then we sit around and each family presents [...]

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Advent week 2: Peace

I have been trying to write this post all week.   I think about the state of the world, war, senseless shootings, violance,  I  feel hopeless.  It is overwhelming, and I wonder “what can I do, how can I help bring God’s peace to a world in need?”  But, when I think about the small world around [...]

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Advent blogging with John: Waiting & Hoping

I am having a tough time getting into the Christmas spirit.  This is hard for me because this is my favorite time of year.  I find myself with a very heavy heart.  I have been weepy all week.  The reason?  We got an update on our friends son Isaiah.  He received a bone marrow transplant [...]

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Advent Is Here!

I didn’t know anything about advent until 12 years ago.  We went to Sweden for Christmas, and every house had Advent candles.  We brought home one that Rickard’s dad had made before he died, and it has been part of our decoration’s every year since .   That’s as far my Advent understanding went.  But, we have been trying to [...]

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Welcome

Glad you found your way.  I’ll be writing more later, but tonight I’m trying to recover from Christmas shopping.  Rickard is on the couch curled up in a fetal position.  We went to the Christian bookstore today.  He did fine until we found the Christian easy button, it had “Heaven is easy, John 3:16″on it, and [...]

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