Helicopter Mom and Just Plane Dad

Helicopter Mom and Just Plane Dad’s Christmas List WE WISH: That every family had enough to eat. For snow in Florida on Christmas Eve. All parents will stay together. To remember that Jesus is the reason for this season. Just Plane Dad’s mom was still with us. That for one night, we could freeze time. […]

I’ve always loved the song “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas”.  I’m not sure if that’s the official name, but it’s what I’ve always called it; mainly because those are the only words I can ever seem to remember.  I’ve never let it hold me back though.  I belt that one line out […]

Christmas is one holiday that elicits so many memories for us as a family.  I vividly recall most of my youth and hope every season that I’m helping Beloved create the same.  One of my fondest memories is building a snow fort with my sister and dad.  We made an amazing “igloo” and then watched […]

Today’s post is running late, we’ve been hanging up our Christmas decorations.  It’s one of those tasks that I start dreading in October and then realize that I truly love doing it. I have vibrant memories of decorating the tree with my parents.  Dad would take us outside to play in the snow and build igloos […]

Whoosh.  There goes Halloween in a mad rush of costumes and pumpkin carving and too much sugar.  And then bam, Thanksgiving is upon us.  Recapturing Christmas is essential.  If we don’t stop and take a deep breath, Christmas will be over before we know it. And that would be a shame.  Because I truly believe […]