by Leslie Sholly | Nov 13, 2013 | FIRE
Before the fire, my closet was overflowing, mostly with clothes I couldn’t fit in anymore but couldn’t bear to get rid of. Â Seriously, I had the dress I wore when I graduated from college in there. Truth to tell, most of the things I actually wore lived in...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 21, 2012 | books, FIRE
Winter cleaning doesn’t sound right, and actually it was fall when we did it, but we (mostly me) thoroughly cleaned out our garage a couple of weekends ago in preparation for the arrival of the contents of Grandma’s house. [Update:Â And I will be doing it...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 12, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, family, FIRE, home decor
I don’t like change. Â I never have liked change, and anyone who knows me well knows this about me. Â Now I would assume that it would be hard on ANYONE to lose every single personal possession to fire, to have to move into a new house with all new things in it,...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 3, 2012 | Catholicism, family, FIRE
Last year getting ready for Christmas was . . . strange. Â And maybe I will write more about that letter. Â But reading this guest post I did last year brings it all back. Â Go read it while you are waiting for new content! Share this:TweetShare on...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Uncategorized
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 I first encountered that quotation as a child when reading The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.  Corrie and her sister Betsie have been imprisoned in a...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 7, 2012 | books, Deep Thoughts, FIRE
Closet space. Is there ever enough of it? There were next to no closets in our Victorian house. We purchased three armoires from Myrtle’s Mess for the bedrooms, and crammed them so full the doors would barely close. (John’s enormous oak armoire is one...