This past week, it has been my great luxury to sit and read a full novel, cover to cover. A little over a year ago, I began a new role at my work, which involved completing two courses. On December 3rd, I wrote the third and final exam, and the week following, I had a … Continue reading Read
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My sister in law, Tania, had visited Ireland and Scotland a few times. One year she just decided she needed to venture further into the world and went off on a vacation by herself. She loved it so much, she kept going back. She and my husband had been told growing up that their name … Continue reading McFadden
Christmases Past
This year, with my Christmas preparations, I went from being completely unprepared (on the 13th having just started the shopping) to completely ready in the shortest time span in my history of Christmases. I will be doing some deliveries tomorrow to drop off the festive packages. I even had some cards mailed out. Since we … Continue reading Christmases Past
Holiday Season
My husband said to me the other day, ‘so when are we getting a tree?’ I proceeded to look at him like he has three heads. This was November. And Mr. Bah-Humbug is chomping at the bit to get a Christmas tree? I have always been the bringer of Christmas spirit to our household. Hubby … Continue reading Holiday Season
Tradition
I was sitting on a little chair, looking at the decorations that were to go on the tree and inconspicuously observing my family around me. Jordan was working on a word search on the back of the advent calendar, Owen was placing a decoration and Jay had the hockey game on. We had some ginger … Continue reading Tradition
Devon Mcfadden 