Your First Christmas Blessing
Sunshine let it be, or frost,Storm or calm, as Thou shalt choose;Though Thine every gift were lostThee Thyself we cannot lose.-Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever."Deuteronomy 29:29 NIVGod Bless you all and may this be the beginning of your "Most Magnificent" Christmas season ever! May you and yours always live in an awareness of what truly "belongs" to you...the gift that can never be taken away and may that awareness spill over to those around you th

Thanksgiving Dinner Idea
"Crazy, jumps and screams a LOT, and is a good cook"This was my twelve year old daughters' answer to the conversation starter card that said "describe your mother in one sentence." I'd say she pretty much has me pegged wouldn't you (for those of you who have spent any time with me)?With pending "Dinner Conversations" just around the corner (Thanksgiving) I thought it might be fun for you and your kids to sit down and brainstorm some fun conversation starter questions for your Holiday Dinners. You can even let the kids print them up on the computer or write them in crayon on file cards and let them decide how best to present them at Thanksgiving dinner.

New Bible Study by one of my Favorite Autors (Jennifer Kennedy Dean)
Hi Ladies,Here is a new Bible Study from an author I really enjoy. I hope you enjoy the interview and the excerpt from her new study.Blessings,Tracy Klehn New Hope Publishers ISBN: 10-1596692634 ISBN: 13-978-1596692633 Release Date: 9/1/09

An Amazing "No Guilt" Prayer for Moms
I found this prayer/poem several years ago in the book When I'm on My Knees by Anita Corrine Donihue. The author of the actual poem is listed as "unknown" which I think is classic because there are so many moms out there that feel that their work and worship is going on "unnoticed" and they are "unknown" but the truth in God's Word says that "He is the God who sees." Let this prayer encourage you...Lord of all pots and pans and thingssince I've no time to beA saint by doing lovely things,or watching late with Thee,Or dreaming in the dawnlight,

Ping Pong Conversations
Labor Day Weekend marks the anniversary of the first time I met my husband. He hosted a barbecue and invited my roommate and she brought me along. That weekend I played my very first game of ping pong and it just so happened to be with a tall, handsome man with a great smile and big brown eyes. About twenty minutes into our "match" I announced with shock and enthusiasm "I didn't know I was so good at this game!!!" For indeed I was making contact with every swing of the paddle. It was probably about a year later that Russ confessed "I knew that if I got the ball right to your paddle that you would keep talking to me and that our