Congratulations to number: 15 - Jen! I used a free random number generator to pick the winner. Congratulations Jen! You have won the sterling silver puffy Christmas tree and earring set! Thank you to all who stopped By The Lamp Light and entered. I hope to see you again here! And thank you to Lysa for hosting a fun party giveaway. ... Read More about Christmas GiveAway Winner
Memory Monday
I've mentioned the Embrace the Word campaign our church had last year. They offered decks of cards with Scripture on them in the version that you preferred. I started out on the memory program doing well. After learning each verse, I'd sticky tack the card to my closet door and review them each morning. Here are the seven that I completed before joining Memory Monday.The cards came wrapped in cellophane and in a neat little box, just like playing cards. Week one started with the aces,And week 52 ... Read More about Memory Monday
Cool Christmas GiveAway
Greetings to all who are stopping by from Lysa TerKeurst's "Cool Christmas Giveaway Day!" I was so excited to hear that Lysa was hosting this fun day. This is my first official party of the season and the only one I will attend in my snowflake pajamas. Tomorrow night we are kicking off our holiday season with some real live worship at the Compassion International Gloria Tour. I'm so excited about Travis coming close to our little no stop light, rural, Talbots-an-hour-and-a-half-away, most scenic ... Read More about Cool Christmas GiveAway
Reedy River Falls Park
Before going to see the opera last month, we visited a lovely park and waterfall in downtown Greenville, South Carolina.I was delighted to see the leaves so vibrant for the latter part of November. And I loved the lamplight too!One of the first sights I saw in the park was this welcoming stone bridge.The Salesman and I went to school in this area for four years and did not know about this treasure right in the heart of downtown.I know the Saleman was always studying or working.I wish I could ... Read More about Reedy River Falls Park
Gift Returned to the Giver
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" 2 Corinthians 9:15Amid the blaze of flames on the cake, I was giddy about opening my birthday gifts. If you'd been gathered round the party table, I'm certain you'd have thought I was celebrating my fourth and not forty-something birthday. As soon as I tore the paper back from the gift, I knew what my dear child had given back to me.It was three years ago for Christmas I gave her a black polka-dotted-cute-as-a-button-marked-down-to-nearly-nothing ... Read More about Gift Returned to the Giver