by John Thurman | Dec 22, 2016 | Christmas, Christmas Stress, Grief, Holiday Depression, Holiday Stress
My First Christmas without my Mama by John Thurman This Christmas will mark a first for me. It will be a bittersweet one because my mama went to be with the Lord on December 3, 2016. Her death was not a shock or a surprise. For the past several years she fought off...
by John Thurman | Nov 29, 2016 | Christmas Stress, Resilient Faith-Based Living
Well, it is a few days after a fantastic Thanksgiving Black Friday is done, Cyber Monday is in the books, and Giving Tuesday is almost done. News Flas, we are in the “full speed ahead” mode for this Advent Season.Have you ever noticed It never fails,...
by John Thurman | Dec 21, 2015 | Christmas, Christmas Story, Christmas Stress, Christmas Traditions, Resilient Faith-Based Living
(c) 2014 John Thurman – Old Town Abq – Christmas Eve at San Felipe Well, like most men, I am finishing up my Christmas shopping, and thanks to Amazon, everything will be here in time. I love this time of the year; I have loved it since I was little. My...
by John Thurman | Dec 7, 2015 | Christmas, Christmas Story, Christmas Stress, Christmas Traditions
Photo by JOhn ThurmanI found baby Jesus at Walmart by John Thurman Christmas yard art is at an all time low. I see blow up Santa’s, Reindeer, that look more like mule deer, gift boxes, snow globes, and all matter of Christmas merchandise in people’s yards. Last year,...
by John Thurman | Dec 12, 2014 | Christmas Stress, Holiday Stress, Resilient Faith-Based Living
How to have a Better Holiday Even if you are Newly Divorced or Brokenup John H. Thurman Jr., M.Div., M.A., LPCC “…and visions of sugarplums danced in their heads.” My question for you is: Have your sugarplums turned to prunes? The holidays can be some of the...
by John Thurman | Dec 3, 2014 | Christmas Stress, Holiday Stress, Resilient Faith-Based Living
It never fails, about three to five days before “Black Friday,” I hear at least a partial recitation of A Visit from St. Nicholas, a poem written by an American author, Clement Clarke Moore. It is a lovely poem; that helped launch some of our modern views of Santa. In...
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