The concept of “leave and cleave” sounds lovely when you stand at the altar with your husband-to-be beside you. But when it comes to the holidays, it isn’t so lovely. The question of where and how to spend Christmas can cause discord in the most harmonious of marriages. My first Christmas as a Smith was…
Christmas. The very word makes my heart beat faster. I am blessed to have an awesome little family of boys to celebrate with every year. Being in the military has taken our family far from our hometown. Getting back for the holidays has not happened since my oldest son was a newborn, and he is…
One of the sayings our family has picked up from my coach husband’s college football teams is “making memories.” The teams use this phrase when great things happen, like an overtime win, but more often they use it when something hard happens. My husband, Ordell, usually smiles when he categorizes a less-than-great event in our…
“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.” ~Unknown I grew up in Illinois and spent a weekend every December shopping with my family on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, peering into storefronts outfitted with dreamlike scenes. We were greeted by people dressed as elves at the doors of Water Tower Place, and the scent of…
The Christmas season is upon us. We are likely starting to feel bogged down as we run around, trying to summon the energy to add gift shopping, menu creating, party planning, extra church services, and seasonal decorating to our already full to-do lists. In addition, the media is increasingly full of negative, divisive, and sensationalist…
Dear friends, One of the privileges of being the editorial director here at The Glorious Table is that I get to write the first post of every month. As I pondered what to say to you this week, I confess I struggled to come up with something inspiring and uplifting. If you read my post…