Christmas Archives - Missionary Mama https://lauramthomas.com/tag/christmas/ Missionary Mama Homeschool Blog Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:55:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 97442083 I want to be Imogene Herdman for Christmas. https://lauramthomas.com/2017/12/20/want-imogene-herdman-christmas/ https://lauramthomas.com/2017/12/20/want-imogene-herdman-christmas/#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:52:39 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=19162 I want to be Imogene Herdman for Christmas. In the past, I’ve always identified with Mary. We’ve been pregnant a lot around Christmas in the past decade. Pregnant, or grieving the loss of an unborn babe. I think of her physical feelings, and her discomfort. Her...

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]]> https://lauramthomas.com/2017/12/20/want-imogene-herdman-christmas/feed/ 0 19162 The Broken Beautiful of Motherhood https://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/15/broken-beautiful-motherhood/ https://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/15/broken-beautiful-motherhood/#comments Mon, 15 May 2017 06:00:31 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=17763 So here is the thing about us moms. Aren’t we all just trying to make the broken things a bit more beautiful? My dear friend wrote a sprawling, honest manifesto last year on motherhood. One of my favorites. “Filling someone’s heart and loving another as they...

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]]> https://lauramthomas.com/2017/05/15/broken-beautiful-motherhood/feed/ 1 17763 An Advent Promise: He Will Swallow Up Death Forever https://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/14/advent-promise-will-swallow-death-forever/ https://lauramthomas.com/2016/12/14/advent-promise-will-swallow-death-forever/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2016 06:00:38 +0000 http://lauramthomas.com/?p=16986 “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers...

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