Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

I look at my hands now and I don't recognize them. They are foreign to me and I'm surprised they are mine. Gone are the smooth hands with the long double-jointed fingers that my family always made fun...

Do you know what I love about St. Patrick's Day? I love how it brings us all together. No matter what our background is, we suddenly all feel Irish come March 17th. I'm pretty sure I don't have a drop...

I thought I was the only one who thinks that February is the first month of Spring. It turns out that I am not alone! In fact, I've seen so many names this year for what I feel in February: False Spri...

Proverbs 15:17 says: "Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred." During this season of love it makes me smile to know that not only is love vital, but also that ...

You probably already know that we have the most perfect definition of love in the Bible: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor othe...

I've written a lot about how dark winter can be. I guess the gray days get to me more than I'd like to admit. I do like rainy days but having so many back-to-back does get depressing after a while. My...

Have you ever been so tired that you can barely make it through the day? And that continues for days, weeks, months and even years? That's where I've been caught for the last few years. There really i...

Winters in the Pacific Northwest are a bit different from other places. In some places, winter weather is hardly noticeable from any other time of year. In other areas winters bring lots of snow. In o...

We talk a lot about the winter blues. There are uncountable articles on the subject and even those of us who like to be inside get the winter blues at times. After all, the days are shorter and darker...

I did Christmas a little differently this year and I learned a lot. I hope I can carry these lessons into the future and put them into use. Usually, Christmas causes me so much stress. People with a b...