My husband and I have been married 24 years today. What a wild ride it has been. It seems so long ago that we were starving college students living in Minnesota. Then we became parents for the first time in Iowa. We came home to Colorado to be closer to grandparents. We are now in [...]
Archive for December, 2009
December 13 2009
Happy St. Lucy Day
It is early morning on the 13th of December, and one by one, the votive candles are lit throughout the house. A special breakfast of bacon and homemade scones grace the table and the smell of coffee fills the air. St. Lucy’s Day is a holiday celebrated more in Europe, where usually the oldest daughter [...]
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