by applewooddollhospital | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog, Christmas for Beginners
Creation Just the gist (for small children and others with tiny attention spans): From nothing, God created everything. For those that can handle just a bit more: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void,...
by applewooddollhospital | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog, Feast Days
This is Saint Andrew, Saint Peter’s brother and one of Jesus’s apostles. He was the first called. And though he wasn’t renamed and had God’s church built on him, he didn’t let it come between he and Peter at the family Thanksgiving get together. In fact, he gave Peter...
by applewooddollhospital | Nov 30, 2021 | Christmas for Beginners
Like many parents, I wanted my children to keep the actual meaning of Christmas at the forefront of their mind during Advent. This is no small task living in a culture that is...
by applewooddollhospital | Nov 22, 2021 | Blog, Feast Days
This is my confirmation saint. Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. I was in band and under the impression that I would graduate and play in a symphony even though I wasn’t even first chair in a high school band class. If only I’d known back then...
by applewooddollhospital | Nov 18, 2021 | Blog, Essays
It’s that time of year – Christmas music in the air, the smell of pine filling the house, tenderly wrapping gifts for loved ones and arguing to the death over whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Behold, the indisputable proof: It’s a theme...
