It was a Berning Influenza A Christmas this year! I am going to be honest, it was discouraging. This was the most widespread and longlasting sickness we have had in a LONG time. Influenza A Jacob got up the Sunday morning before Christmas and did not feel well. He had a fever and just felt …
We have had such a delightfully peaceful December. It has happened before, but last Christmas in particular, felt so chaotic to me. I just remember feeling, this is not how Christmas is supposed to be. So I committed to myself that this year was going to be different and it has been wonderful. I finished …
It was a Berning Covid Christmas this year. Uggg…the timing of getting sick could not have been worse. About a week and a half before Christmas, Sarah came down with a sore throat and fever. She was pretty down and out for two days but then she seemed okay. But then Mark and Lydie came …
“During this Christmas season, and throughout the year, I pray that we will remember the Generous One – our God, our Father, our beloved Shepherd and Counselor. For He is the Gift-Giver! He is the Generous One!…He endows us with gifts so sublime and precious that they exceed out ability to fully comprehend and even …
Christmas has come and gone but ours was so good and needed to be documented. Our Christmas season was full of beautiful memories. Christmas Trees and MORE Christmas Trees I remember having a small Christmas tree that was just mine in my room growing up and I loved it. I have wanted to do that …
We were really sad that we weren’t able to spend some time with the Bernings during Christmas because of illness, so we were SO HAPPY to be able to spend a weekend with them this month. It felt just like Christmas with the Christmas tree and decorations still up and we LOVED it!
“When we talk about the birth of Jesus Christ, we appropriately reflect on what was to follow. His birth was infinitely significant because of the things He would experience and suffer so that He might better succor us – all culminating in His Crucifixion and Resurrection… [But I also] think it’s appropriate this time of …
When I was looking at our upcoming school year this last spring and summer, I decided that I wanted to add some Christmas goodness to our school day in December. And I am SO glad we did! I have heard of others doing all sorts of things. Some as simple as singing a Christmas song …
To add to our “Christmas School” we put our regular music study on hold and used Squilt’s Christmas Carols Volume 1. This was a super easy way to add an extra dose of Christmas excitement to our day. We learned what a “carol” is and studied two different Christmas carols this year. Carol of the …