I’ve been thinking about my last post. Christmas is hard when we don’t get what we want. It is. It’s hard and not fun, and we would be silly to pretend otherwise. But I wanted to clarify. The reality of a hard Christmas isn’t fun. And dealing with that has to be real or...
Tag: life
A Hard Christmas, Part 2
I didn’t really write my last post intending to write a whole series. But this morning, I was reading about the shepherds in Luke 2, and I noticed something. The Christmas story is full of … fear. Luke 1:12 – An angel appeared in the temple to Zechariah: “When Zechariah saw him, he was...
Engage Life: How It Is Some Days
Yesterday, we decorated the house for Christmas. I washed the big things that had been on the counter for days. I cleaned the microwave and stovetop for the first time in a while. I knitted for 15-20 minutes. I read some books with my kids. I made dinner. We worked on all the kids’...
Engage: Come On In!
Whether you are new here or an old friend, consider this our introductory handshake. This is my new official site: shannahhogue.com. My goal is to blog and write and engage and encourage and equip. So look around, come back often, and comment away. Let’s start the conversation. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll end up...
Life Right Now
When we moved out of Columbus, we lived in a crappy old doublewide. It was a tight squeeze with 4 kids under 4. It was lonely to be in a new place and have Eric drive into Columbus every day for work. We had wanted to build, but we took a hit on the...