Tag: holidays
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A Midlife Christmas: Empty Nest, Let’s Reminisce
Well, here we are again. Another Christmas season, another year older, and another year of our kids living somewhere else. It’s the classic midlife Christmas dilemma: a mix of relief and melancholy. The Amazon Christmas Remember the days of frantic mall trips, fighting crowds, and wrapping paper cuts? Those days are long gone, replaced by…
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day is the day we honor and remember those who lost their lives in battle, fighting for our freedoms. It takes a special kind of person to join the military knowing you could be deployed into the middle of a war or peace keeping mission that has lost its peace. Knowing you could be…
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Midlife Margarita’s Night Before Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for my spouse. His snores like a foghorn, a symphony loud, While I tossed and I turned in a hot-flashy cloud. The stockings were hung on the chimney with care, (Though I suspect he’d forgotten, the lazy old bear).…
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The Holidays aren’t like living in Whoville with Little Cindy Lou and It’s not a Competition for the ‘Best Happy Holiday Pictures’ on Social Media.
Social Media can be pretty cruel during the holidays. When most folks are posting about their perfect trees, perfect matching PJs, perfect wrapping paper, perfect Christmas Cards and of course the perfect families and you’re feeling like your family is more like the Griswold’s all year long. Not all of us have perfect lives to…
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An Easy-to-Read Guide to Surviving the Holidays with Your Entire Dysfunctional Family Without a Murder Conviction
So, you’re attending or hosting the annual dysfunctional family holiday gathering. Need some help on how to survive without murdering drunk uncle Dave? Here’s an easy-to-read guide to get you through it without having to slip on any handcuffs. Unless you’re into that kinda thing. Wink Wink. If your family is a nice normal traditional…
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