Tag Archives: Christmas

And Now Here We Are

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Sherri Matthews

My dear friends, The length of time it has taken me to post here with my promised memoir update was unintended. And now here we are, bruised, battered and staggering to the end of another year with yet more uncertainty. … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas | Tagged Book Submissions, Christmas, Covid, Family Life, LIterary Agent Submissions, Memoir Across The Pond, Omicron, Query Letter, Traditional Publishing, Vaccinations, Writers, Writing Memoir, Writing Updates | 52 Comments

What I Wanted To Tell You At Christmas

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Sherri Matthews

What I wanted to tell you at Christmas is how spectacular the illuminations at Stourhead this year. I wanted to show you the carpet of lights twinkling down to the lake and the Pantheon lit up like a beacon in … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas | Tagged Charlie Mackesy, Christmas, City of Bath, depression, Friendship, hope, Light and Dark, Lonliness, love, Memoir, Stourhead Illuminations 2019, The boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse, Writing Contests, Writing fears | 67 Comments

December’s Guest Storyteller, Sherri Matthews

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Sherri Matthews

Originally posted on Sarah Potter Writes:
Sherri has been writing full-time since 2011. Currently working on her memoir, Stranger in a White Dress, she has been published in a variety of national magazines and two anthologies. Sherri raised her three,…

Posted in Guest Blogs, Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas, Flash fiction, Guest Post, story telling | 34 Comments

The Light Of Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, then a ha’penny will do; If you haven’t got a ha’penny, then God Bless you. Children … Continue reading →

Posted in Bench Photos, Christmas, Family Life | Tagged Bench Series, cats, Christmas, Christmas Tree Festival, Crisis At Christmas, Family Life, Homelessness, joy, Light, RNLI, The Dogs Trust, Weekly Photo Challenge | 111 Comments

Sunday Lunch Invitation – Sherri Matthews and Michelle Clements James.

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

A guest post in which I share the story of ‘Crazy Grandma’ and the turkey that never was; a summer story just in time for Thanksgiving…thank you so much Sally Cronin for the invitation!

Posted in Family Life, Family Traditions, Guest Blogs, Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas, Family Life, Family Traditions, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Thanksgiving | 30 Comments

Peace In The Crazy: Signing Off For Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Are you ready for Christmas? Is your winter wonderland beckoning while you dream of a white Christmas, roasting chestnuts ’round an open fire and jingling all the way? No? Well don’t worry – me neither. Last week I made endless … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, My Dad's Alcoholic Prison | Tagged Blessings, Children, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Trees, Family Life, hope, joy, loneliness, Merry Christmas, Nativity, prison, Shopping | 104 Comments

A Blue Coat For Christmas: Gone, But Not Forgotten

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

One Christmas morning while staying with my dad and his new wife, I couldn’t believe my eyes as I tore open the wrapping paper. There it was, my heart’s desire, the most wonderful gift I could ever have hoped for … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Memoirs, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged 1970s, Brighton Pier, Childhood memories, Christmas, Clothes, Daily Prompt, Family Memoirs, Fashion, Memoir, Parents, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge | 120 Comments

A Day Of Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Where has the year gone? Didn’t I just write about my Thanksgiving memories, an American holiday that I embraced in my adopted home for almost twenty years? Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday here in the UK, but for my family, this … Continue reading →

Posted in CATalogue, Family Memoirs, Family Traditions, Friendship | Tagged Birthday, celebration, Christmas, Family Memoirs, Family Memories, Family Traditions, Holidays, Memoirs, Photo of Cats, Thanksgiving | 80 Comments

Christmas Storms, Thunder for New Year’s Eve and Thank You Classic FM!

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Well here we are, it’s 2014 and I can hardly believe it! How are you all my dear friends? I do hope you all had a truly wonderful Christmas and that you saw the New Year in with style? We … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life | Tagged America, Childhood memories, Christmas, Family Life, Happy New Year, Musings, My California, New Year's Eve, Storms, travel | 81 Comments

Christmas In All Its Glory

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

It’s Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year! The time of year when we think of family, hearth and home, the season of peace and goodwill, glad tidings to all men. Like so many of you, I could write … Continue reading →