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Holiday Survival and Crystal Stewart’s Writing Journey
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Holidays can be nice — and terrible! Family can bring us to our knees — both to swoon and to cringe. Romance can make our hearts flutter or seize.
From Halloween to New Year’s, at least here in the U.S., 24/7 we’re inundated with messages of how this is the time for families and lovers. We’re instructed to either kiss, or to kiss and make up.
Sometimes they’re not possible. At times, they aren’t in our best interest.
Traditional or sacred, I invite you to join me in acknowledging that some holiday seasons are best ignored. It’s ok to give them a rest. Some years, it’s fine if we just get through them!
We’re allowed to do whatever it takes to mark time, to survive, to thrive through and into gentler times.
Today’s Guest Blog Post
Blogger/writer Crystal Stewart’s writing life sounds like it was as much of a surprise as it was destiny. For more about her and her writing, check out her blogs: CRYSTAL AND DAISY MAE’S PHOTO-BLOGGING SITE and WELCOME TO CRYSTAL’S SITE (ORIGINALLY COUNTRY LIVING). She’s just finished her first book, “Secrets Buried…
