Last year, my dad gave me a book. Now, I use the term “gave me” loosely when in all reality, he probably intended…
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Holiday
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“Do you have any holiday traditions?” I ask of several friends on a humid September afternoon. I am spinning back and forth in…
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We are a party house. My entire family thrives when our home is full of people celebrating an occasion. It doesn’t even matter…
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It is early on a Monday morning as I walk the aisles of my favorite thrift store, searching for the perfect pieces to…
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“Mom, chocolate is always a better idea,” my daughter calls over her shoulder as she pulls the can of cocoa powder from the…
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It is a rainy Thanksgiving evening when I follow Ansley McGukin up the sidewalk to the cottage that she and her new husband,…
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It is one week before Thanksgiving, and I am standing in the kitchen reading the text message that came in from my sister-in-law.…
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“I need to make a pumpkin pie,” my daughter says as she digs through the contents of the recipe house. She sits at…
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It is mid-October and I am currently digging the box of Christmas décor out from under the basement stairs. All the celebrations are…