Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

For those who are afraid to go to the crowded malls and are stuck at home watching TV, here’s the list you’ve been waiting for: Our top 10 favorite Christmas movies. It’s a Wonderful Life – We usually save this one ’til New Year’s Eve. Miracle on 34th Street – The...
Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

New Paintings and New Photos

Jonathan, our 15-year-old, recently finished painting Uncle David’s House from a photo I took a couple of summers ago. All of you who are dedicated readers of this blog will remember that David is my youngest brother who took in a family of New Orleans refugees who...
Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

Faith in the ICU

Several hours ago I received the following text message from Marie Bonifacio: Joe is now sitting up and eating on his own. Later he will try standing up. The bandages have been taken off. He has 37 staples in his head. We’ll be out of ICU hopefully by tomorrow. God...
Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

Murrell Family Update

For those who keep asking, William, our first son, is now a freshman at Lipscomb University in Nashville. He is studying journalism and French and seems to be enjoying every minute of it. He/we picked Lipscomb for two reasons: First, it is in Nashville where we have...
Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

Update from My Brother in Mississippi

As I mentioned last week, my brother, David, is hosting a family from the New Orleans area who lost everything in the hurricane and flood. He is keeping them in the Murrell family lake-house near Canton, Mississippi. Here is the latest from David. “Great news, our...
Top 10 Christmas Movies at the Murrell House

A Tearful Phone Call

Here is the latest email from my brother, David, in Canton, Mississippi: “A lot of you have asked, so here is latest on the family staying at the farm. They are from St. Bernard, Louisiana, (one of the hardest hit areas) and they still are being instructed not to try...