It’s the day after Halloween, and our town has already strung holiday lights across the major roadways. Instead of pretty shaped holly buds, I think they should hang neon signs saying, Free Stress; It’s Officially Holiday Time! Call me old-fashioned, but I’d like to concentrate on Thanksgiving now. It is a memorable holiday for this country, and the earlier we push up Christmas…
It was bound to happen eventually. How are you going to handle Thanksgiving Day when there’s no more kid’s table? Yikes! Your refrigerator is bare. There are no handprint turkeys pasted to it. Your kids are now adults, but they are not yet married. Do you bide your time until the grandkids arrive? Or, do you set up an adult crafting table? In 2020, we all…
Do the holidays make you anxious? They make me very nervous. However, I’ve come up with four things I can do to help lower my holiday anxiety. Every year I vow I will do things differently and not allow myself to get stressed and caught up in holiday anxiety. Sound familiar? These four things helped me be less anxious last year. Four Ways I Lower My Holiday Anxiety…
Can you believe we’re still dealing with a pandemic? What will outwitting Thanksgiving in a pandemic look like? This will be interesting! It never occurred to me that the pandemic would impact our Thanksgiving family gatherings in March. I thought Covid-19 would be long gone by now. But it is still lingering. Not only has Covid not made its graceful exit, but it may be gearing up…