Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

Whether you like cheesy rom-coms or animated stories from your childhood, it just wouldn't be the holiday season without watching a few Christmas movies. No matter where your tastes lie, you can find ...

We have a joke in our family. One of those things that didn't start out as being funny, but as the years have passed, I can finally see the humor in it. I became the family matriarch at quite a young ...

This happened many decades ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was a teen and I had a friend over. Around 11:00 pm we decided to make Spritz Cookies. We doubled the recipe (a huge mistake)...

Three generations of women were all laughing and gabbing in the car. We were headed to a Holiday Open House. Christmas music was on the radio, old family jokes were flying freely, and tons of love fil...

Did you know that the only female Pilgrims left alive after those first awful years of sickness and starvation were four women and two teen girls? It is said that those six women cooked the food for t...

Don't you wish you knew when certain life events were over, like the last time you would visit a place or the last time you would see someone? Maybe we would pay special attention if we knew we were e...

Fall has arrived and that means the days of open windows and doors have ended. It also means that the thermostat wars have begun! I've never known a family where everyone has the same temperature need...

I was watching a reality competition show the other night and the contestants had to cross a balance beam over water. I noticed that the men kept falling off, the single gal crawled slowly on her hand...

God and His creations are so amazing, aren't they? Each season offers us different treasures to celebrate. Winter with its bare branches, frosty windows, and snow gives me permission to stay inside, r...

Spiritual Warfare. Even the words are scary, aren't they? If we believe Hollywood (and who does?), a spiritual attack comes with scary music, smoke, and ugly creatures. In other words, an attack is ob...