Family Tides
Pardon Our Appearance - Christmas Under Construction!
Christmas comes but once a year - but the cost of it can last much, much longer!
Pay no attention to the yards of yellow tape currently draped around our home, and don’t worry—it doesn’t indicate a crime scene—but possibly something just as ugly—a construction site. Make that a “Holiday” construction site! Regardless of your religious affiliation, this is the time of year where most families are gathering their most festive ornamentation to decorate their front lawns, their mantels, their 7-foot pre-lit designer trees, their wardrobes, their pets, and some even the hoods of their cars. Since we are Christians, we celebrate Christmas, which if I recall correctly, all started in a manger with hay, not in a mall with credit cards. Forgive me if I sound a little sour, truly that’s not the case at all. My friends and …
