The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • Happy New Year!

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    May you have many moments of peace and joy during 2022.

  • Peace in a world of uncertainty

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    This is the wonder of the season, author Kate Bowler writes. “We were living lives turned inward, and the God shows up and invites us into something more. Peace in a world of uncertainty. Joy that breaks forth. Love that prepares the way. And hope that waits.”

  • The spirit of Christmas

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    I am going to try to keep the spirit of Christmas—which is love—as long as I can—into the days of the new year. Love and joy and peace. As. D.H. Lawrence once said, “The night was past and the morning was come….Joy and peace made a flapping of wings in each heart.” –Joy

  • Merry Christmas!

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    Merry Christmas to you and your family! I am going to remember to take a few minutes to be still and quiet—and to remember that Christmas is all about love. –Joy

  • Food and families

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    We have been cooking—my sister-in-law Barbie’s toffee, my husband’s father’s fudge, my grandmother Margaret Jackson’s soft raisin cookies. Christmas is a time for families—those who will be with us during the holiday and those who live still in our hearts. –Joy

  • Peace on earth

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    Peace on earth? Sometimes, often, it seems that there is little peace on earth. I can try, however, to create a pocket of peace and quiet around me during this busy, hurried, cluttered holiday season. –Joy

  • A Rabbit Day

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    I am getting excited about Christmas. I think it’s a Rabbit Day—as described by M.H. Clark in the book Tiger Days. On Rabbit Days, I’m wide awake I run and skip and jump. And, when I start to hop and hop, It feels like I might never stop. –Joy

  • Wonderful, not perfect

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    “I want this Christmas to be perfect,” I told my husband this morning. Last year, Jerry and I spent Christmas with just the two of us. This year, our two children with be home—and each will bring a spouse for the first time. “It won’t be perfect,” Jerry told me, laughing. “But, it will be…

  • A Rabbit Day

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    I am busy! I made a pecan pie yesterday. I am decorating the house for Christmas today. Tonight, I am going to dinner at a restaurant that features Elizabethan carolers singing while they stroll from table to table. I am getting excited about Christmas. I think it’s a Rabbit Day—as described by M.H. Clark in…

  • Tiger Days

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    Yesterday we installed Christmas lights in the bushes in our front yard, hung our stockings and removed boxes of Christmas decorations from the closet. It was a Tiger Day—as described by M.H. Clark in the book Tiger Days. On Tiger Days, I want to climb. I want to climb and I’m fierce. I pace around…