Hearts of gratitude

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I am struggling with how to instill in my children a sense of appreciation, thankfulness and gratitude this Christmas season. Christmas for my family is about celebrating Jesus’ birth. Sure, the presents are exciting and Santa is magical, but really it is about sacrifice, generosity, humbleness, humility, gratitude, love, affection and forgiveness. How, in our

Christmas Traditions

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Traditionally the Saturday after Thanksgiving is the day my family ventures off to cut down a Christmas tree. So… yesterday was the day! We packed the family up with our $3 dollar off coupon and away we went. I had visions in my head of what a wonderful experience this would be- family time, memories,