by PBG Blog Admin | Dec 26, 2020
I’m remembering these Christmas song words, “A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.” All of us can identify with a bit of weariness from this past year. How nice to have our hearts warm at the thought of Jesus choosing to come into this...
by PBG Blog Admin | Dec 23, 2020
I had an usual Christmas in Canada. I grew up in Texas, and I’ve never experienced a blizzard in Houston. We have hurricanes, but the blizzard I went through in Canada was terrifying and unforgettable. The white-out was the most amazing phenomenal thing...
by PBG Blog Admin | Dec 22, 2020
Well, the short answer is it seemed like a good idea at the time. It was March, I was standing in a very, very long queue for a supermarket. The sixth in a day, as I was trying to do a week’s shop for my parents and everywhere was running out of stuff...
by PBG Blog Admin | Dec 21, 2020
Growing up in a predominantly Catholic, mostly Irish and Italian area outside Chicago, my friends thought my family’s Christmas celebration bizarre. I was blessed to have both parents come from Swedish backgrounds. In fact, my dad’s father had come over in...
by PBG Blog Admin | Dec 20, 2020
My mother had the gift of hospitality. Not only did she enjoy cooking and entertaining, but she excelled at both. One of my favorite possessions is her recipe book. I love looking at the stained pages and wondering how old I was when those markings were made....
by PBG Blog Admin | Dec 18, 2020
As a writer, words have so much meaning to me, but one of the most powerful words is a simple one: Christmas. That one word has the power to evoke so many memories, from taste, to smell, to sounds, to feelings. Almost everyone has Christmas traditions, whether...
