Month: December 2011

  • A Distant Star

    Several years ago, my sister got our family a beautiful Nativity scene complete with all the major players in the Christmas Story. Mary, Joseph, the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, the shepherd, and of course the three, jeweled wise men.  I am not a Bible scholar, just a mom who writes, but I do know…

  • Perfect Fudge!

    I remember going to my Grandma Upton’s house and having a cloud of sugar laced yumminess greet us at the front door. Divinity and caramels wrapped in rectangles of wax paper were among her specialties and Christmas just wouldn’t be the same if she didn’t make enough to fill a platter for guests who happened…