In case you need a little break from red and green right now, here is another winter color combo to brighten your winter!
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The December 2011 issue of Glamour magazine has an article in it that put a bit of a lump in my throat. The writer, Sarah Hepola, had the guts to tell the real side of boozing. Her article, “20 Things You Notice When You’re Not Drinking,” (pg. 236)says every thing I’ve ever wanted to say, but didn’t dare, because frankly, I have only been on one side of the glass.
Sarah was there. She loved how “liquor with a big bow” made her and her friends “light up inside like a Christmas tree.” She loved the glamor of party dresses and martinis but the alcohol began to take its toll. As Sarah put it “I loved losing myself in alcohol, but I was starting to loose myself, period. And so I quit drinking.”
Alcohol has never been a temptation for me. Even more so after I started dating my husband. He loved to party. In high school his best friend got drunk and shot himself in the head, after his father did the same 2 weeks prior. Their deaths were horribly painful for him and a major eye opener. He quit drinking all together and I did not have a sip of even wine for years in support of my husband’s abstention.
Eventually I allowed myself to enjoy a tasty drink from time to time but never to excess. And all through the years I painfully watched others make utter fools of themselves. You now you’ve hit a low point when you are hitting on your friend’s wife, IN FRONT OF HIM. As Sarah puts it, “People aren’t attractive when they drink a lot… even the most devastating woman at the party looks bad falling off a bar stool.”
All of Sarah’s observations, like it is nearly impossible to find a man hot when he is slurring his words and you are sober, I wanted to say so many times, but didn’t dare. I never felt I had the right to, since alcohol was never my weakness. I never felt the peer pressure, or at least never gave in. I have never felt the need to drown away the pain or become more charming or clever. Right or wrong, I held my tongue.
So before you go to that next Christmas party and get sloshed, think again. Don’t take my word for it, take Sarah’s.
“This little light of mine…” Or this great, big, bright light of mine…. !!!! This would be a super fun night out look for those Christmas parties.
“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” John 8:12
“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light” Ephesians 5:8
I am a strong believer that your jewelry should tell a story. I love having pieces of jewelry I have collected from my travels, unusual shopping expeditions, and gifts from family and friends. I put on a piece today whose story is a bit of a mystery. Check it out! Pretty wild huh!
What do you think the story is with this necklace??
This is a piece I pulled out of my Grandmother’s jewelry box after she passed away. It was so unique I felt obligated to give it a good home and not pass it off to a stranger who may not appreciate its uniqueness.
My Grandmother was a classy lady. She rarely wore costume jewelry except on holidays when she’d wear a festive lapel pin or earrings. This piece, well I really can’t remember her ever wearing it.
I do know she loved art and she loved to travel. My guess is that she either purchased this necklace from the Smithsonian catalog or she got it on one of her many trips with my Grandfather. It has little glass elephants and giraffes on it. Africa maybe!
Post pictures of you wearing it, along with your story on my FB page!
“Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:|sc JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” John 19:19
I am so thankful for my King, the King of all Kings, who humbled himself to die on a wooden cross, to save you and me from our sins. Thank you Jesus!
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