This is a re-post I shared on another blog last year. As my dear sister-in-law so aptly put, it shows "that our richest memories are those tied with heart-strings and not purse-strings."When my Baby wore this apron that my mother gave me, it brought me back nineteen years ago to a little basement apartment in St. Louis when I first donned this apron. Sweet, sweet memories of a Christmas when we had NO money to spend for presents or a tree! When The Salesman told me we had no money for a tree, I ... Read More about No Money Equals No Tree – Memories of our First Christmas
Memory Monday
Thank you all for your interest in Scripture memory cards. Our church only had the one deck of cards left that I used to take pictures of from the Embrace The Word campaign. The church had the decks printed at a print shop. Before our church went with the print shop, they set up a program on their computers to try printing it in house. My church has made available to me the computer set up they used and it is ready for you to print on business card stock. The actual decks of cards I photographed ... Read More about Memory Monday
Christmas Home Tour
Oh, I'm so excited that it is time for BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes to start! Welcome to By the Lamp Light, I'm Lora and I'm delighted that you've stopped by on this wonderful wintery day. May I take your coat or wrap?Please make yourself at home here in the living room. The mantel is dressed with fresh greenery, pinecones and a bird's nest from our yard. And those darlin' children pictured are our teens (several years ago, of course!) The berry embellished vases belonged to my ... Read More about Christmas Home Tour
Siesta Ornament Exchange
My Siesta for the ornament exchange at The Siesta Fiesta Blog was Jules from the great state of Texas. The morning my ornaments arrived from Jules (this information is important at the end of the post) I had just decorated the house with some fresh greenery and had just enough to make a small wreath for the kitchen window. I put a red plaid ribbon and some pine cones on the wreath and hung it up thinking it looked pretty good....and then this box of ornaments arrived... The first ornament I ... Read More about Siesta Ornament Exchange
Worship with Travis, Shaun and Cindy
Before the concert started, there was table after table andPicture after picture Of children living in poverty just like dear Eliza from the Dominican Republic: And there was a singer there named Travis Cottrell,whose Christmas CD caused me to break all the rules I'd set about not listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. Yes, this year I officially became a Christmas music rebel.Normally when I hear Travis sing, it's at a Beth Moore conference and I'm watching on the Jumbo tron from a ... Read More about Worship with Travis, Shaun and Cindy