by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 31, 2012 | Family, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. The idea of waiting until January 1 to start doing something I ought to be doing anyway just bugs me. If I need to start a new habit–what’s wrong with now? That’s what I said two weeks ago when the small...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 28, 2012 | Family, Miracles, Uncategorized
We have family staying with us, so no post other than these priceless quotes and this thought: I am SO blessed by my family–those with me now in person and those with me always in heart. “The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 24, 2012 | Miracles, Nature, Waiting
It’s Christmas Eve. If you haven’t finished your shopping, it’s probably too late. The baking should be done by now and you can work on Christmas dinner tomorrow. It’s the hush before the angels sing. Have you ever listened to snow? I remember,...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 21, 2012 | Miracles
Today is the Winter Solstice–the shortest day of the year in terms of sunlight. Here in Asheville, NC, we have 9 hours and 45 minutes from sunrise to sunset. And, of course, work takes up most of those hours and minutes! It is, literally, the darkest day of the...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 19, 2012 | Miracles, Waiting
Last Friday’s tragedy in Connecticut still weighs heavy this Christmas season. And it should. One of these mornings we’ll wake up and it will be a distant memory to those of us who aren’t directly affected. We might remember it once in a while, but...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Dec 15, 2012 | Miracles, Nature, Waiting
I planned to post a picture of our finished tree this morning as a follow-up to yesterday’s post. But somehow, I didn’t much feel like posting today. With the school shooting in Connecticut the season seems to have lost some of its joy. But Dave Ramsey...