I really wanted to like this book. It was a recipe for success: I love history, I love learning about queens, I love the medieval era. I did like learning (especially about Queen Brunhild), but on the whole, this book lived up to its name: it was very dark. What’s Read more…
Women looooooove to dwell on their birth horror stories. And honestly, to someone who hasn’t gone through labor yet (both men and women), everything seems like a horror story. It sounds painful, dehumanizing, and just plain awful. I grew to despise this fear-mongering type of conversation before I was pregnant, Read more…
Merry Christmas! I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful time celebrating the birth of our Savior, the birth of Hope! I hope it was full of family, fun, and frivolity!
This post today is short(er) – I don’t want to take you away from family for too long! They are really just some random thoughts I have about the real Story of Christmas: Jesus.
I grew up in a household that had probably about 20 crèche sets. I loved looking at all of them and putting them out each year. They each were unique and special to me, each bearing a memory of Christmas past. I’m not sure I could choose one favorite.
When I got older I started to wonder: which one was Mary’s favorite?