by Elisabeth | Dec 28, 2023 | holidays, wholeness
This is the perfect time to press pause and reflect on how this year has been on your heart, mind and body, sweet girl. My 2023 has been filled with one physical challenge after another (post-menopausal, post-menopausal bleeding, plantar fasciitis, diagnosed with...
by Elisabeth | Dec 24, 2023 | holidays
Oh sweet one, it’s finally here. He is finally here. We may have trudged through this holiday season, limping emotionally, dragging baggage and pain and fear and unknowns. We may have put up the tree, we may have written the family letter, we may have bought everyone...
by Elisabeth | Dec 14, 2023 | emotions, faith, holidays
I’ve been reading the first two chapters of the Gospel of Luke this month as I prepare my heart for Christmas. And I found something that surprised me. In the one hundred and thirty-two verses of those two chapters, an angel tells three different people to not be...
by Elisabeth | Dec 7, 2023 | divorce, faith, holidays
I’ve caught myself saying things like this over the past month: I desperately need Christmas this year, and I’m holding out for the miracle, and I need the arrival. But what does that even mean? How can I be waiting on something – or Someone – who already came?...
by Elisabeth | Nov 30, 2023 | faith, holidays
Advent. I love this word even though I was not raised in a tradition that observes it. A simple glance at the dictionary shows me why it resonates with me. n. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival A coming into. We head into the holiday season and into the...
by Elisabeth | Nov 23, 2023 | difficult marriage, divorce, holidays
Are you in a hard marriage? Are you separated? Are you divorced? Are you a single mom? Are you dreading holiday gatherings? Are you dreading not having plans for Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve or Christmas Day or New Year’s Eve? Are you dreading not being able to do...
