When the Holidays Don’t Feel Like the Holidays The holidays are here, and with this season comes decorating for Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever holiday you celebrate. This season means parties, and gift wrapping and baking yummy holiday treats. This season means being together with family, and being thankful for everything in your life. But what…
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What Military Spouses Want For Christmas
What Military Spouses Want For Christmas Sometimes the holidays are a bit difficult for the military spouse. You could be going through a deployment, you could be getting ready to PCS, or you could be in a state of not knowing what is going to happen in the new year and it is driving you…
5 Benefits of Not Going Home For Christmas
5 Benefits of Not Going Home For Christmas I live precisely 1,996.1 miles from my family in California. Going home for Christmas doesn’t happen very often, in fact, the last time it did was 2007, ten years ago. Since then, we have spent every Christmas in our own home. My boys are so used to being…
What You Need to Do When You Are Overseas for the Holidays
What You Need to Do When You Are Overseas for the Holidays Christmas 2008, my friend and I took our kids out to the local Christmas Market. We lived in a small village and even they had a small Christmas market. I love how the Germans do Christmas. They go big. Every town square is…
For the Military Spouse Who Can’t Go Home For Christmas
For the Military Spouse Who Can’t Go Home For Christmas When I was in college, I went home every Christmas break. I loved that. A break from the college routine, a time to see my family and friends from high school. A time to be a “kid” again, if only for a few weeks. I…
How To Make Your Holidays Special When Your Heart Is An Ocean Away
How To Make Your Holidays Special When Your Heart Is An Ocean Away He left in November of that year for his 2nd deployment. That meant he was going to miss Christmas that year. We also were not going to be going home as we were in Germany and the idea of traveling with a…
Amy Grant’s Tennessee Christmas CD Review and Giveaway
Amy Grant’s Tennessee Christmas CD Review and Giveaway Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary…
For the Military Spouse Going Through a Deployment Over Christmas
For the Military Spouse Going Through a Deployment Over Christmas… Christmas music on the radio, trees going up, presents being bought and travel arrangements being finalized. December is almost here, Christmas is right around the corner. This is a great time of year, right? For the military spouse going through a deployment over Christmas, this…
Christmas With A Child With Autism
Christmas With A Child With Autism Christmas can be a stressful time of year for anyone. Christmas with a special needs child can add another layer of things to think that. As a mother of a child with Autism, Christmas has had to change a little from what I would thought it would be… (read…
On Buying Christmas Gifts For Your Children
On Buying Christmas Gifts For Your Children Tis the season for buying Christmas gifts for your children. The stores are having sales, your kids are making Christmas lists and it is easy to feel overwhelmed by it all. You remember Christmas as a kid and you want to make Christmas for your kid just as…