Hometown Clinton - Winter 2015

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Winter 2015
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Mary Ann Kirby
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This special Christmas edition marks Hometown
Magazines’ second anniversary. As I celebrate our
wonderful, exciting venture, I also reflect over the
year’s happenings that have made up life for us in 2015.
There were wonderful things that happened
along the way but it was also a year of great loss.
We attended two funerals—my grandmother’s and
father-in-law’s. Then, in October, we experienced the
loss of our family pet, Thatcher. Maybe it was that it
all happened within a relatively short period of time
–but it felt like a lot to deal with and it was hard.
However, sunshine always follows the storms,
and the July sunshine was a big part of our oldest
child’s wedding. Camea and Justin’s ceremony was
a memorable highlight of 2015.
CandyLee, our youngest, added to the fanfare
when she enrolled in summer school in order to
graduate high school a year early. She completed
her endeavor and is now a freshman at Hinds.
And while we helped get her registered in early
August, we packed Carson’s belongings to move him
into an apartment in Oxford as a junior at Ole Miss.
All those back-to-back highlights saved me a lot of
tears because there was no time to cry!
One of my favorite articles in this issue is the one
on foster parenting. My own family cared for four
brothers in the foster program for two years and saw,
first-hand, the challenges and rewards. It changed
our lives in such a profoundly positive way.
In this season of giving, God may not ask you to
become a foster parent, but He may touch your heart
to encourage a foster parent you know. Perhaps you
would consider a Christmas donation to an orphanage.
Or, like the article suggests, be willing to help parents
that foster by giving them a much needed break and
offering an occasional hand.
Christmas originated with the
greatest Gift. In honor of Him,
why not continue the giving spirit?
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In this issue A Scarvin' Artist 11
Christmas Memories 11
Battle of the Bells 11
Holiday Recipes 19
Dream of Designing 40
Making Memories 42
New Year's Resolutions 11
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