Through the month of November, our writing team is pleased to highlight the numerous resources and organizations they are passionate about, in an effort to celebrate a season of thankfulness and inspire our readers to find an opportunity to...
Waking up on a snowy morning gives me all the feels. I spend the quiet moments with my hands wrapped around a mug of peppermint tea watching the snow silently make the world sparkle.
And then, my three year old...
To Santa or not to Santa…that is the question. Although I understand why people do not celebrate Santa at Christmas, I’m a big fan of the jolly old elf. Here's how and why we included Santa in our family...
Christmas stockings are so much fun because they are like the bonus gifts that add that little something extra to the excitement of Christmas morning. It can be easy to get stumped when it comes to little treats to...
I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS.
Seriously. If every day of the year could fall between Thanksgiving and New Years (minus the cold weather, maybe) I would NOT complain. I love everything about the season - the hustle and bustle of Christmas shoppers,...
In August, I bought a condominium for my daughter and I, or as we call it, The Condo. My parents' house is still known as Home. I love our place. It's our princess castle where we create magical art...
When I was a little girl, my cousins and I would look for Santa and Rudolph in the sky every Christmas Eve. Of course, we always found them, in the flickering lights of a helicopter or an airplane.
The adults...
"What's on your wish list?"
It's the question I have come to dread every year as the holidays approach because I have such a hard time coming up with a list of things that excite me enough to request them...
When I was growing up, I couldn't wait for the day after Thanksgiving — not so that I could hit the mall, but so that my family and I would head out on the hunt for the perfect tree. The...
The holiday season brings with it a special opportunity to serve Milwaukee, as opportunities become available that might not necessarily be around the rest of the year. Volunteering in this season allows us to spread some holiday cheer and...