Make It Better...

Hi!



The Holidays are just around the corner!




Whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, wherever, however, whatever the name of your holiday, Cheers!

Personally, we celebrate Christmas, and with that comes the homemade treats that only get made at Christmas.

Tarts, pies, squares, and cookies. Familiar smells bringing back memories of when our girls were little, there to savour the remnants of batter that clung to the beater, licking the bowls, my trusty taste testers.
Now, it's my babies' babies who light up at the bottomless cookie jar, the gooey tarts, the chocolatey goodness of fudgy delights.

For me, baking, putting together traditional favourites, creating new tidbits, is relaxing.

Everyone prepares for the holidays in their own way.

It's the time of year when things can feel a bit hectic, and stressful

Try not to let it. I know it's hard. It can seem like the list of things to do between now and then multiplies while the time to do it in shrinks.

It's a time of year that can be tough for many.


Maybe a loved one has passed, maybe your family situation is less than ideal, maybe finances are tight, maybe you're just not sure if you can make it happen at all.

One step at a time, one breath at a time.

Hang in, hang on, reach out.

So, let's do each other a huge favour, and just be kind. No one gets through life without struggle. A friendly voice on a phone, a kind act, a smile. These things that cost you nothing, require precious little effort, and can make a much bigger difference than you realize. Each person you come in contact with every single day is facing something they would rather not be facing. Although we may not have the power to fix everyone's problems, let's all, at least, agree to just do what we can to not make anything worse.

With every connection, an impression is made. How we make a person feel lingers on their soul.

Make it better.


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Until next time...


May kindness drive your every encounter, leaving smiles and light in your wake.
May any struggle you are facing become smaller, more walkthroughable, with every step you take.

May you see the best holiday memories are rarely made by dollar signs wrapped in fancy bows.
May you see it's the time spent in laughter, playing games, watching old cartoon holiday shows.

May you, if this time of year pushes you to shadowed places you don't care to tread,
May you find a way to hold on, hang on, reach out, see beyond today, to the brighter days ahead.


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