Home Well Loved. Life Well Lived.
In only a few short weeks, Thanksgiving will be upon us. Can you believe it? I don’t know why the holiday season tends to sneak up on me every year, but it does. Probably because this time of year is one of the busiest for my family and we have
I love to entertain. Especially during the holidays. I was never a huge fan of Halloween until I married my husband, who was the Clark Griswold of Halloween. Since knowing him, and since having kiddos that take after him, I am becoming more and more of a Halloween girl. And
The first Halloween we spent without my husband was only five days after he died. I really wanted to carry on many of our Halloween traditions, like decorating the house and yard. And trick-or-treating. But it was so hard to think of doing anything at all. Despite my lack of
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This Christmas will be our second without my husband and my kids’ father. I cannot honestly tell you whether so far it has been easier or harder than the first. All I can say is that it is different. The first Christmas after Garry died was only two months after
I was crying with my mom on the phone on Friday evening as I told her that I felt as though all the magic and joy had been sucked out of the holidays for me. After losing Garry in October, we have had to endure a rapid succession of “firsts”,
I think most people fall into two categories when it comes to Valentine’s Day: they either love it or they hate it. Garry and I fell into the latter camp for the most part; we really didn’t like celebrating Valentine’s Day because it was a forced “love your partner” holiday.
Recently, I had the pleasure of working with a friend of mine to decorate her dining room table for her family’s Christmas dinner. It was so much fun brainstorming with her and creating a tablescape she loved. We were both pleased with how it turned out! There are so many
If you are looking for an easy and DELICIOUS dessert to contribute to your Christmas feast, I will be your new best friend. Friends, this is the easiest pie you will ever make. Not only that, it is probably one of the most scrumptious things I have ever put in
For the past few years, the great majority of my Christmas wishlist has consisted of home decor items. When you love decor and all things home as much as I do, there’s really nothing else I want! But I am super picky about what exactly I want, so I love
