It's about one woman's quest to find the perfect Christmas and only through her constant failure, starts to find it. This book has been a culmination of over a decade of chasing the perfect Christmas. Of seeking that ever elusive balance between tradition, materialism and honoring the actual birthday Boy. This book, though fiction, was…
The journey began when our local animal shelter posted a dog for adoption. She was a Great Pyrenees mixed with Anatolian shepherd. She was fully grown and ready to be dropped into the life of a loving family. I’d looked into getting a Great Pyrenees before. We’ve had a pair of Border Collies for about…
Now hear me out. Whenever a new psychological theory is introduced, it always initially sounds preposterous. Children and drunk people seemingly appear to belong to two entirely different categories of people with which to hang out. But after spending some time around both -each of them in different epochs of my life- I’ve observed the…
“I want to start working out,” I told my husband. “I’ve been reading up on asceticism and the desert monks. I definitely think a little discipline and corporal discomfort could be just the boost I need in my spiritual life.” “But your life is fraught with daily frustration and discomfort. Just this morning you had…
I often found myself lying in bed at night in my messy house, with the kids’ school half done, meals that were late (and a few only qualified as meals in the most technical sense of the word) and wondering “where did that whole day go?” Saint Paul said that Our Lord is the god…
