.   Five flavors of Lindor truffles, imported puffy crisp cookies, chocolate covered macadamia nuts, rasberry streusel cakes... Yeah...

Whatever happened to Christmas? It's gone and left no traces, Whatever happened to the faces or the glow. Whatever happened to Christ...

We practiced memorizing songs for weeks ahead, carefully choosing in what order to sing them. We decided that from one house to another we w...

May your season be bright with laughter and light and w hatever makes you feel all warm and fuzzy Love, Elizabeth Munroz

Wrapping gifts tonight, it started to sink in. The time draws near when the big day arrives. Will I still be in this Grinch mode? I hope not...

Winter Solstice Copyright Andrew Jones @ http://www.conceptart.org/

Sitting on a bench at Capitola Beach today, children nearby chasing seagulls reminded me of Linda and I, with our kids at another shoreline...

Some said I was wasting my time, just ignore it, or take happy pills. But, since the old way wasn't working, I've been fervently see...

A cacophany of color dripping from house to house, flowing over roofs, front yards, covering bushes and wrapped about tree trunks, I cannot...

I heard children screaming and headed outdoors to see what was happening. Two houses beyond mine, the little ones were running in circles l...

Doctor's said I would not be able to have any more children after I had the cancer. When I found myself pregnant, I chose to take the ri...

They made me smile... They made me laugh! They made me cry... and sigh!

This is what plagues me. I question why Christmas no longer has meaning for me. The answer eludes me. I want to know what's missing. The...

I feel like I just dropped in from another planet, when I consider what's going on around me. A television show this evening was about o...