Monthly Archives: December 2018

Recovery: My Greatest Christmas Gift

Our blog post today comes from a very special friend in recovery: Alicia.  You may remember several of her memorable posts–she was a regular contributor before she received a diagnosis of Stage IV Breast Cancer earlier this year.  This beautiful message from this beautiful person has impacted my entire holiday season, and I hope it…

Accepting Life As it Is this Christmas

I have been spending too much time eyeing Christmas trees. Driving past my neighbor’s homes, envying the full, lush, tall greenery I see through their window, with color-coordinated trimmings glistening in the 1000+ Candlelight Clear LED lights.  They look so, so….perfect. We have been buying real Christmas trees every year since we were married 17…