Tag: Advent
Wrestling with 2020 & Finding Joy in the Holidays with Mary
Hold onto your hats, kids, because this is one amazing podcast episode! On today’s episode I talk all things 2020 and Holidays with the inimitable Mary Lenaburg. We laugh, we reminisce…it’s a grand old time. And Mary does as she is wont to do. Namely, […]
An Advent of Peace
Never would I have believed it if someone had told me 10 years ago that a two-day, 638-mile road trip with my family of six could be peaceful. Truly, that sounds horrible to me! Yet, here I am with day two well underway. Rain is […]
An Advent of Joy
“Happy birthday, Baby Jesus!” I whispered to myself through clenched teeth. Of course, while the words were pleasant enough, the tone inside my head was considerably…not. This is supposed to be the joyful week of Advent, I thought. But if these children keep bickering on […]
An Advent of Love
This week, we light the second candle on our Advent wreaths. To the Hope we found last week, now we add an Advent of Love. Love of the Father who sent us His Son. Love of the Son who humbled himself to be born into […]
An Advent of Hope
Hope. Such a short word; such earth-shaking meaning. It inspires us, lightens our loads, carries us onward. Hand in hand with faith, Hope draws us out of ourselves and into something greater. And in this first week of Advent, our focus on Hope brings us […]
5 Ways to Counteract the “Gimmes” with Gratitude this Advent
To paraphrase the brilliant Jane Austen, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a modern child in possession of everything (s)he could possibly need, must be in want of more.” This is true whenever grandparents come to town, when their birthdays roll around, and most […]
Oops! Pardon me, but my Grinch is showing.
So, heyyyyyyy…it’s still November, yes? I thought so. And, yeah, I get it that I only have about 4 more days to stand on that particular leg of my argument. But hear me out, OK? IT’S STILL NOVEMBER AND IT’S NOT EVEN ADVENT YET AND […]
Odds & Ends
Oh, my friends, my friends. There has been so much happening around the Williby homestead lately! It’s been a lot of driving here there and everywhere with a hefty side of teenagers be crazy and a soupcon of Mama’s losing her dang mind. BUT! That […]