Right after Halloween…I sneak into the attic (against Chad’s wishes) and start pulling out the Christmas stuff. First is always the mantle. Second is the staircase. Then I hang the different signs and pictures that I’ve accumulated over the years. There are things that remind me of my...
But when He spoke the words to me again and again as I labored and birthed my lifeless girl, I knew He was speaking the truth. I trusted that He would fulfill His promise to me. After we got home from the hospital I looked up the meaning of “redeem” and it means “to free fr...
While this is certainly the hand of a random soldier that’s stained with Uruk blood and covered in bruises, it’s still fun to imagine that an undead creature of the night came to defend the Rohirrim from Saruman’s hordes, and subsequently went on fun adventures with its new horse-bud...
It happened to be Halloween weekend and we foolishly weren’t anticipating the scene that was slowly unfolding. Our routine first walk through the village after getting let off the bus revealed a casually cultivated surf town scene gearing up for the big weekend ahead. There were large beach ...
The signs, songs and even smells of Christmas start before Halloween candy is handed out. One of my favorite stores starts setting up for the season before school supplies are stocked. By the time that Thanksgiving rolls around we are all making our decorating plans and have already started ...
I saw them in the Halloween store in town. I’ll dress up like a sheep. Wear the sheep’s clothing, if you will. How hard can it be to pretend to be a dumb sheep? It can’t be that baaaaaaad. (Sorry for the dad joke. My pups hate my puns). But I’ll fool that ...
Teddy and Jasper go camping overnight in the woods to find the truth about recent bear attacks which have claimed the lives of children and their adult camp leader. Here they confront fears and memories of the past through storytelling around the campfire. This tests their friendship as they ...
WARM WEATHER MUST: Preserve your pumpkin.Something I’ve never had to deal with in MN is how best to preserve a pumpkin once it’s carved. In fact, I’d never thought about it until Nick asked how to keep them from rotting before Halloween. From researching various sources, the consensus...
October 31st, 2009 – I got married. Yes. We got married on Halloween. I can remember walking down the isle and a flower falling off of my bouquet. I had a sudden knowing and a flash of my dad, and knew it was his way of telling me I was making a mistake. The words of my mo...
Not many people know what happened to me the day after Halloween last year.. I had a total flare up again with the front part of my eye. I didn’t even notice that it was getting worse but Yolanda asked me about my eye in a meeting and noticed that it was getting more red. We ...