by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 2, 2026 | Christmas, memories, tradition
1/2/17 CBB When dismantling all the “Christmas” around our house, I generally wind up forgetting one or more small things tucked away here or there. Tonight I realized I had three little glass trees in the hutch in the kitchen. I was picking them up when...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 19, 2025 | Christmas, family, generations, tradition, worship
Speaking of crèches and Christmas traditions, one person told me that instead of “Elf On A Shelf” her family would hide the Jesus figure from their creche’ daily until Christmas morning when He would be found in the manger on the mantel! What a great Christian...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 10, 2022 | Christmas, Gifts
A friend made a generous donation and designated it for gifts for the Titus 2 students…….When I invited them to suggest what they wanted, it was nearly unanimous…..SHOES! Thrift store purchases and donated clothing are great fun and wonderfully...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 2, 2022 | Childhood excitement, Holiday Themed Posts, Imagination
Genesis 8:21 ……..every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. Ouch! At Christmas time we long to be like children again……and, too often we are exactly that…..selfish, bratty, demanding, not realizing the many blessings we have already...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 29, 2021 | Suffering, thorns, timing, tradition, transcendance, woundedness
Adolescent reflection at age 17: “To say that one is wholly and undeniably happy is to lie. For how are we, such shallow beings, to determine those things which have gone to the utter depths of our souls and left them scarred with sorrow? Does not every...
