Presents wrapped in brown paper with red ribbons sit under a Christmas tree.
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Christmas Will Never Be the Same

What are your favorite Christmas memories? I remember my sister and I excitedly running into the living room in our pajamas, anticipating what was under the tree, and my own children doing the same thing, years later. My all-time favorite Christmas memory happened just last year, when I opened my gift from my daughter and …

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children sitting under a tree reading books
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How About Reading?

Running, jumping, wrestling, riding bikes, playing video games, baking cookies, dancing, drawing with sidewalk chalk… what else are your kids up to these days while they try to entertain themselves and you attempt to have some peace and quiet for a little while? How about reading? Reading opens up a whole new world for a …

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

  The page on which I have recopied this recipe is falling apart. Again! I’d better post it here before I lose it forever (in which case I could just get it from my sister-in-law, who got it from me and also bakes these regularly). The reason this recipe is so faded and dirty is simply that everyone loves …

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