Happy 2026, everyone! I hope that your celebrations of all the holidays were positive, cheerful, festive, and full of friends, family, and food! I was recently listening to some music that was popular during my high school and college years. It was just a little nostalgic playlist looking back on not just the past year…
Ah, yes! Like taking a refreshing sip of water after being thirsty for a long while–the busy rush of the holidays are behind us as we welcome a brand new year with open arms! I hope that in reflection of the past year that we observed the growth of something; whether it be a loved…
Welcome to the season of Advent: the season of waiting, joyful expectation, and anticipation! I’ve explained in years past that Advent comes from a Latin word meaning, “coming” or “arrival.” When we celebrate Advent, we are not celebrating the birth of Jesus (ok, a little bit we are). Instead we’re celebrating and looking forward to…
As November comes to a close with a wintery Thanksgiving for us in Erie, PA, we embrace December in it’s chilly embrace while we cherish making memories with the people we love. In December with Christmas and New Years coming up, I think we all can relate with looking back over the past year. This…
A blessed November to you all. This year, for some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about parts and partiality. I’m one of those people who hates to leave things half done or hanging on for another day. It’s so bad, in fact, that the first thing I do after getting home from a vacation…
Whenever the temperature starts to cool down, I’ve started to make it a personal challenge of mine to see how long it is until I need to turn the thermostat from the ‘cool’ to ‘heat’ setting. This year I can proudly say that I made it to the last week of October before I had…