Hey First name / friend,
I feel like I'm on a hamster wheel, starting on the last week of October, racing even faster towards the end of November when we celebrate 3 birthdays and Thanksgiving all in one week, and then culminating in Chanukkah and Christmas (our family celebrates Chanukkah in our home and we enjoy the Christmas festivities with my inlaws at their home).
This year, I normally have a half-wonder half-Scrooge-like attitude towards this time of year. I understand and love the joy and merriment about it, but as a mom it often feels so frantic - like I'm making memories for children that just want more and more and more. Am I the only one who feels that way?
Sorry, that was some mighty big truth serum I must have just taken, because I just let it out.
Anyway, I say all of this because this year, I have found a whole other way to appreciate this time of year. Maybe because we are homeschooling for the first time. Maybe because we are home all the time. Maybe because of all the Raindrops I've been able to give people recently (and it's put me in the best mood ever). This year, I've found the wonder and sparkle again, and I am choosing to end the year of toilet paper and pandemics with joy and peace.