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Adaptable New Year’s Resolutions

It’s January 23rd and I may have finalized my New Year’s resolutions. Maybe. No, I’m not a slacker. True, I didn’t start thinking about my New Year’s goals until January 1st, when I jotted some thoughts down in a notebook. But those thoughts were were not etched in stone–on the contrary, they were illegibly penned […]

Christmas Gifts and Naked Barbies

It’s easy to get caught up in consumerism at this time of year, and to put material possessions–both the giving and gaining of them–above everything else. As a family, we made the decision that this would be a light Christmas. In part, it’s for the cost savings, but in part it’s a philosophical decision. Yet […]