My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for five years but hadn’t been blessed with a baby. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Christmas Stories’ Category
A Working Holiday
January 26th, 2010
The grocery store is common ground for most of us. The difference is the uncommon stories we carry in our hearts as we go about the business of shopping for our daily bread. (more…)
The Wishing Star
January 26th, 2010
Davey looked out the window at the falling snow. Usually he loved snow, but today he was sad. It was Christmas Eve, and the snow was so deep that it might ruin Christmas for Davey. Because of the snowstorm, Davey was afraid that his older brother Josh would never make it home for Christmas. Davey wondered if he would see his older brother Josh
this Christmas. (more…)
Christmas Crayons
January 26th, 2010
My childhood was filled with laughter, love, and happy memories, especially during the holidays, but the yuletide that stands out most is the year of the Christmas Crayons. (more…)
The Christmas Angels
January 26th, 2010
It was December 23, 1993. For a single mom who was going to college and supporting my children completely alone, Christmas was looking bleak. I looked around my little home, realization dawning like a slow, twisting pain. We were poor. (more…)
The Cradle, A Christmas Story
January 26th, 2010
They left their home, the new cradle still swinging from the rafters. Night after night the aroma of fresh-cut wood had filled the room as Joseph had patiently fashioned the tiny cradle, using the same chisel and saw he usually put down at dusk. (more…)
You Are Loved
January 26th, 2010
One of the warmest Christmas memories that I have was the year that I was Santa Claus. I was a young, substitute teacher with a new family just starting out in life. I was called in to work at the local grade school on the last day before the Christmas holidays. Near the end of the day I was summoned to the principal’s office and asked to be the Santa who visited all the classrooms. Being a great lover of both children and Christmas I agreed. (more…)
Who Started Christmas?
December 22nd, 2009
This morning I heard a story on the radio of a woman who was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable. And after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the elevator with her two kids. (more…)
The Best Christmas
December 22nd, 2009
The Christmas party was over. Several of the men were sitting at a table reminiscing about the Christmas days of their childhood. The conversation turned to the best Christmas of their lives. As they went around the table, they noticed one man hadn’t said anything. They asked, “Come on.. Frank, What was your best Christmas?” (more…)
Remember My Birthday
December 21st, 2009
As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer. (more…)
