by Michele-Lyn Ault | Dec 22, 2011 | Christmas, Parenting
We told them, four days before Christmas day. Christmas will be for Christ next year. In giving to others, we give to Him. Whom He loves becoming our priority. I have seen with my own eyes the pure joy and happiness of children in other countries, with hair matted,...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Dec 21, 2011 | Christmas, Parenting
As I am rocking my littlest one to sleep, iPhone in hand, I have a quiet moment, and I consider Facebook, but instead I choose Ann Voskamp’s blog. I cannot believe when I read, the first line of her post.“It’s been over ten years of nothing under the...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Dec 9, 2011 | Christmas, Parenting
Mostly, all the presents have been purchased, chosen with utmost care for each individual recipient. They are just awaiting wrapping. Most of the shopping I did before Thanksgiving, as I usually do, to try to slow down the pressing momentum to Christmas. My challenge...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Nov 6, 2011 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Parenting
I wonder, as I peer through the viewfinder and focus on her to capture the moment she gazes into the vastness of the ocean, if she knows that her potential in God is as limitless… I will be sure she knows. I meditate on the goodness of God, as I reflect on how...