by Nancy | Dec 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are many post-holiday traditions: the after-Christmas sales, returning items that don’t fit or don’t suit, football games, taking down the tree and house decorations, cleaning up the trash, finding a place for the unusual gift, eating the last of the goodies,...
by Nancy | Dec 12, 2017 | Encouragement
A big part of Christmas is the story of the three wise men and their journey to find the King. This story of an amazing journey comforts me because of my own periodic journeys into the unknown. I believe the wise men must have been on a spiritual quest that led them...
by Nancy | Dec 5, 2017 | Conflict, Habit Change, Problem Solving
Remember the opening lines of Fiddler on the Roof? Tevya singing, “TRADITION! TRADITION!” Traditions serve such a valuable service to our cultures and our families. They provide something to depend on when other things in life may be shaky. The repetition of them...
by Nancy | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of my family’s favorite Christmas traditions was begun when my father-in-law was a student at Gerard College for Boys in Philadelphia, PA. It was a live-in school for boys from 9-17 who were orphaned. He hated being separated from his older brothers who were too...