Christmas Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow

Of Christmas Past, Of Christmas Present, & Of Christmas Future

Deborah — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:35:19 +0000

Christmas Present The flame hisses to life when I hold the flickering match to its base. The light shines through the green glass of the pine-scented candle. I shake the match, run it under a quick stream of cold water. It sits, black and burnt, reduced to quiet. I toss it into the trash receptacle [...]

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Amazon Giftcard Giveaway

Deborah — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:02:37 +0000

I laughed.I cried.It exceeded my expectations. Years ago, my aunt introduced us to the horrible Herdmans and the Best Christmas Pageant Ever. She lent us the book and the next year we watched the 1983 film adaptation. When the email landed in my inbox a month or so ago with an invitation to preview this [...]

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The Gift of Delight at Christmas

Deborah — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:13:03 +0000

I’m delighted to welcome my friend, Allison Byxbe, to be here with us today ~ Allison invited me to share in a conversation about the Gift of Delight for her Inky Collective this month. I was delighted to do this! We had a fun and dare I say, delightful conversation? 🙂 Let’s jump back for [...]

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Gifts, Hope, Bells, Green, Star

Deborah — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:26:12 +0000

GIFTS December 1, 2023🎁🎀🎄 Right here.Two of the very best gifts to ever happen to me.And as funny as the “puppies” are, I don’t mean Jackie and Theodore. 😄😉It’s true. Childcare is demanding and exhausting and needy.It revealed so much in me that I really hated coming face to face with.Sad truth.If I could get [...]

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Journey To Bethlehem Movie Tickets Giveaway

Deborah — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:48:50 +0000

Musicals. Live Theater. Movies. Stories.I love these works of creativity, this method of bringing messages, a way of sharing words.There are many genres or storylines that aren’t for me or don’t resonate.But for the many that don’t, other productions, do. For the ones where I am not the captive audience or ideal reader, other people [...]

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We Are Messengers

Deborah — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:57:00 +0000

Our in-the-flesh experience begins suddenly. The world opens to us bright and cold and startling. We wail and blink, stunned by the suddenness, the shifting from warmth and comfort of a watery womb to an overstimulating awareness and newness. Lungs gasp air and breath pumps in, out, in, out. Legs and arms thrash and pump [...]

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