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A New Christmas Tradition
Life's Journey Dana Rongione Life's Journey Dana Rongione

A New Christmas Tradition

Christmas is a time of tradition and familiarity. Seeing the collection of ornaments we’ve collected through the years always brings back fond memories. Gathering together with family to open gifts and play games was always a highlight.

This Christmas will be a bit different. Yes, we were able to bring a few things with us to Wales to make it feel more familiar, but as we grow closer to that holy day, we’re realizing just how many things are new and different for us this year.

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Leaky Buckets
Life's Journey, Christmas Dana Rongione Life's Journey, Christmas Dana Rongione

Leaky Buckets

I apologize for missing several posts last week. No matter where I am, the Christmas season is a busy time. I spent much of last week preparing our house for the holidays and practicing for our carol service at our chapel last Sunday. Now, with all that done, I can focus on my writing more. . .hopefully.

Friday night, we braved the frigid, snowy weather and attended a concert in town hosted by a local choir. We have several friends in the choir, so we wanted to show our support and enjoy an evening of Christmas songs.

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I’ll Make It Work
Life's Journey Dana Rongione Life's Journey Dana Rongione

I’ll Make It Work

A few days ago, I was posting an update to our ministry website, and the process involved embedding a video. This is something I’ve done a hundred times or more on this particular website platform, but for some reason, it was giving me grief. I tried refreshing the page. No joy. I thought maybe a complete computer reboot would fix the issue, but it didn’t. I even attempted the process on my laptop, but nothing I did seemed to help.

Finally, frustrated over all the time I had spent on a task that should have taken less than a minute, I employed a workaround and embedded the video directly by using up some of the limited storage space on my website.

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Tripping Over Tess
Dog Devotions, Life's Journey, Spiritual Growth Dana Rongione Dog Devotions, Life's Journey, Spiritual Growth Dana Rongione

Tripping Over Tess

Jason and I have had five dogs during our married life, each of which could be classified as clingy. If I left my office to go to the kitchen, they would follow. When I went to the bathroom, they would accompany me and stand guard. Inside, outside. It didn’t matter. Where I went, they went. I’m well acquainted with this particular characteristic.

But Tess is a next-level velcro dog. She is so in step with me that I often lose track of her because she’s so close behind me that I can’t even see her.

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