I first shared this post three years ago when our family was in the midst of hard circumstances and we all had frayed nerves.
This year is a different kind of hard because some of the plans we thought were coming together are falling apart. I imagine many folks probably feel the same way with the pandemic forcing changes to longstanding traditions. So I’m sharing again.
You’d think that writing something down would ink it in my brain but I forget too. I need this reminder to take a breath, take a sip of my favorite flavored whatever and savor the beauty of this season.
❤ Melanie
Here they come round the bend like a pack of dogs chasing that rabbit on a racetrack.
No way to slow them down, no way to step to the side and ward off the relentless message that Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming soon-so, so soon.
Internet ads scream, “You’ve got to buy it NOW! You’re running out of time!”
Read the rest here: Trying to Hold off the Holidays
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As usual,,your words resound with me….I love the words favoured flavoured…..As I am in Canada I am glad we don’t have thanksgiving and Christmas so close together. The simplicity you advise is so good. Grief is big enough. Love from one bereaved mom to another.
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I like the distance between Thanksgiving and Christmas you enjoy in Canada. Yes, it’s always been a bit much to have these two big holidays crammed one atop the other and grief makes it even more so. ❤
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