*The following article is an excerpt from an unpublished manuscript I’ve written for young women. Who would have imagined that television’s affect would be so significant in forming the character of a culture! Yet clearly, huge changes evolved between the old “Dick Van Dyke Show,” “The Cosby Show,” and subsequent television sitcoms, that reflects very [ Read More ]
Archive for December, 2010
Christmas is only days away as this is being written. Snow has been falling slowly and steadily, piling up in sparkling mounds of soft whiteness that glitter in the frosty beams of the porch lights. Gifts are wrapped, the tree is decorated in white lights, little brown teddy bears, cranberry colored silk ribbon, clusters of [ Read More ]
One of my great insecurities when I became a mother was that I would never be able to reproduce for my own children those perfect Christmas celebrations that my parents provided for us, where the birth of Jesus Christ was something we rejoiced over, and the day was spent in the comforting embrace of family. [ Read More ]
A rustic little sign is positioned on the wall above my kitchen window that says, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It brings back warm memories, for sure, of when our kids were in their early teens, and they had urged us to watch the movie with them on Christmas Eve. Dan and I had tried unsuccessfully [ Read More ]