Loving My Actual Christmas: An Experiment in Relishing the Season

Reflecting on hope, love, joy, peace, and relishing the season, she shares practical advice on common Christmas stressors such as finances, schedules, and extended family. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, Derek, and their four daughters. In fact, it's going to be one of the first gifts I'll be buying and sharing this holiday season!"--Tricia Goyer, USA Today bestselling author of over sixty books, including Where Treetops GlistenAlexandra Kuykendall is the author of Loving My Actual Life and The Artist's Daughter and is the cohost of The Open Door Sisterhood podcast. A popular writer and speaker, Alexandra has been fe

Kuykendall's signature candor helps women go easy on themselves, remember what truly matters, and find joy in their imperfect Christmases.. Addressing the themes of Advent and Christmas, she reflects on hope, love, joy, peace, and relishing the season, with practical pullouts on common Christmas stressors, such as finances, schedules, and extended family. Our family relationships remain strained, our finances stretched, and our schedules stuffed with too much to do in too little time.Following the formula of her successful Loving My Actual Life, Alexandra Kuykendall shares with readers her own personal experiment to be completely present in her life as it is during the holiday season. An annual marker for many, it is a holiday that can often remind us how life is not going as we'd planned. The Christmas season is a particularly difficult time for women to slow down and relish what's right in front of them

Alexandra has been featured on Good Morning America and Focus on the Family's daily broadcast. . Alexandra Kuykendall is the author of Loving My Actual Life and The Artist's Daughter, and the cohost The Open Door Sisterhood Podcast. A popular writer and speaker for moms around the country, she is a regular c