In an effort to think of others, we have drawn names for secret siblings this year. Since we now have five children, and it is expensive for each child to buy a gift for four others, we have chosen one sibling to bless. Our hope is that the blessing will go beyond the gift-giving to growing a heart of tenderness and service in each of our children.
Thriving Family has a good list of ideas to start.
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/~/media/Thriving/1-articles/PDFs/advent-serving-siblings-or-close-friends.pdf
Taryn, love this! Have you also seen the THRIVING FAMILY advent devotion series on the names of Jesus? It is a wonderful resource!
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