Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 27, 2011
by Monica Taylor I really do love Christmas! As I grow older, I appreciate so much more so many of the things that I have taken for granted all these years. I look at my dear husband and realize that he has played a huge part over the past 20+ years in making some wonderful [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 26, 2011
by Rebekah Smith Christmas traditions, or any tradition for that matter, were not really a part of my childhood. I remember thinking at a young age that when I had kids one day, I would implement all the Christmas traditions of which I longed to be a part as a child. My family moved around [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 23, 2011
by La Tonya Jordan A Christmas tradition I can recall from when I was a child is the Christmas music played in my house. My mother would insist that we turn off the rhythm and blues music, and sounds of “Silent Night,” “I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” and the “Christmas Song” would fill the [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 22, 2011
by Elissa Lindsey Family Christmas traditions can be passed down through generations or may be “borrowed” from other people or cultures and then become a family tradition. Our family found one of the latter when our three children were young. When we first moved to Speedway in the early 1980s, one of our immediate family’s [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 5, 2011
by Monica Taylor Life goes so quickly. We start out as children having fun, trying to learn how to handle life; and then we become young adults, making our fair share of mistakes, but inevitably learning and living our lives. As adults, we find that we reminisce about how great it was being a child [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: December 3, 2011
by Jill Joyce My name is Jill Joyce. I’m single and in the dating scene. I’m telling you this for more than advertisement, though [insert smile here]. Most conversations in this realm begin with, “What do you do?” Well, I used to be employed in a pretty impressive job with sexy descriptions like, “I travel [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 27, 2011
by Ashley Rhude Thanksgiving may have fallen on Nov. 24 this year, but it for me it started on the first day of January. Before you start to feel deep concern for my health, let me clear up what I know you are already thinking. I’m not implying that I’ve been eating turkey, stuffing, green [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 26, 2011
by Nancy Edwards What are you thankful for this year? Maybe it’s a new job or a recent bonus. A baby, new marriage or moving into a beautiful home. Or has it been a year that you’ve encountered a lot of difficulty? Did you get laid off from a job, are you getting a divorce, [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 25, 2011
by Scott Hiller As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, I wanted to take time out to reflect on all the gifts God has given me. In sitting down to write about this, I realized His blessings touch so many areas of my life, and I hope the list I’ve compiled will be a reminder to you [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 24, 2011
by Dawn Killebrew When I was a college student, I heard a song by Cindy Morgan called “How Could I Ask for More?” In the song, she lists simple things that she is thankful for, like watching fireflies at night, building castles in the sand, holding her daddy’s hand and playing hide and seek. [...]
