CHRISTMAS MAGIC?     By Anne Donegan Costas I enjoy the Magic Christmas brings. The lights, the food, the joy we see in the faces of people we meet, giving gifts to my grandchildren, and celebrating the birth of my Savior, Jesus Christ.  Cold weather brings an extra treat making it feel like Christmas. MAGIC IN […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas   GRANDCHILDREN What adventures I had this summer with 3 of my 6 grandchildren! If you have been blessed with grandchildren then you know the love I have in my heart for each of them. They spent 10 days with me recently. I wasn’t sure I was going to make it for 10 […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas INTRODUCTION OF ROLES IN A FAMILYEver thought about the role you play in your family? Did you even know there was such a thing? I find it to be extremely interesting that each child assumes a role in the family to which they are born. This would be called your family […]

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By Anne Donegan Costas It felt like Christmas Eve.  There were no Nativities, no Christmas trees, no carolers, and no bright lights.  And yet the feel of Christmas was in the air.  That same exciting expectation of a new birth at Christmastime abounded.  I took the obligatory family picture of Mom and Dad with the […]

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REFLECTIONS A Spiritual Journey By Anne Donegan Costas   Our reflections and thoughts on Christmas are many as we think back over the past weeks.  The lights are put away, the trees are down, the family have all returned to their own homes and daily routines.  All is back to normal.  Or is it?  Or […]

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A NEW DAY By Anne Donegan Costas THANKFUL Being thankful is a way of life I strive for daily.  I am thankful for so many things on so many plains that I cannot even count them.  You are, most likely, like me.  Thanksgiving Day is, I guess, a formal way of saying thanks.  It doesn’t […]

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