by Emily P Freeman | Dec 31, 2012 | family, writing
Happy New Year to you! With just a few hours left in 2012, I thought it time to go ahead and share 12 great blog posts from 2012. The list isn’t complete by any stretch, but these posts have stuck with me for one reason or another. To those of you who wrote...
by Emily P Freeman | Dec 28, 2012 | courage, faith
The starfish sits on our dining room table, a few feet away from the white Christmas tree I found at the Goodwill. There is a lot of white in that room and I like it that way. White is the color of space. And so we head into 2013 in a few days and I find myself...
by Emily P Freeman | Dec 24, 2012 | for your weekend, holiday
May your Christmas be filled with laughter. As you miss those who can’t be with you, as you feel the truth of where you are right now, as you move through the packing and the cooking and the coming together, may the miracle of Christmas carry a lightness into...
by Emily P Freeman | Dec 21, 2012 | (in)courage, breathe
Over the past 35 years, I’ve watched my parents do things that have made me laugh, think, and roll my eyes. But when I first heard about this thing my dad does in the mornings, I knew I was going to have to start doing it too. Four days before Christmas, while...
by Emily P Freeman | Dec 19, 2012 | faith, family
We walk the kids to school like we do most mornings. Everything we can see is the same – uphill most of the way there, we stop to tie a shoe or two. I wrap cold hands around a half-full coffee mug. When we get to the doors, the warm air from the building pulls...
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