It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you. ~ Mother Teresa The Gift The Christmas season is upon us. Wintery scenes of past Christmases flood my mind. Happy memories mingling with
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Author: Joann Claypoole
Joann Claypoole is an author, speaker, and former spa-girl entrepreneur. She's a wife, mother of four sons, “Numi” to four grandchildren, doggie-mom of two. The award-winning author of The Gardener’s Helper’s (ages 5-9 MJ Publishing2015) would rather be writing, hiking in the mountains, or inviting deer and other wildlife to stay for dinner near her western NC writing retreat. Visit her website: joannclaypoole.com and Wordpress blog: https://joannclaypoole.wordpress.com/
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