tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post7478790256547080455..comments2022-04-10T14:42:26.623-07:00Comments on How To Be: When the Holidays are a StruggleHow To Behttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893719673099303079noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post-29081273028877507802016-12-29T17:13:42.104-08:002016-12-29T17:13:42.104-08:00So glad you were able to realize what you needed t...So glad you were able to realize what you needed to do to make things easier for yourself! I am definitely trying to make sure that the things I'm doing to celebrate are because I really want to do them and not because I feel like I have to. But a hard to really be able to be honest with ourselves about that stuff sometimes!! Happy Holidays! --MHow To Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09893719673099303079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post-86083906628162825892016-12-29T10:19:12.259-08:002016-12-29T10:19:12.259-08:00Mara, I so identified with your holiday angst. I&...Mara, I so identified with your holiday angst. I'm your mother's age and I felt that way every single Christmas until I was into my 50s, with my son long grown. It was then that I finally decided, "oh, the heck with Christmas" and simply stopped trying. No tree, no decorating, no big family get-togethers, only simple inexpensive Santa gifts for a few nearest and dearest. What freedom! I realize now that much of my annual distress (which started in childhood) was probably caused by SAD, seasonal affective disorder. Whatever, I don't miss Christmas in the least. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970600020878361999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post-54439915231792058612016-12-23T14:38:08.319-08:002016-12-23T14:38:08.319-08:00Thank you so much! --MThank you so much! --MHow To Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09893719673099303079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post-55138642091432457332016-12-23T14:37:49.435-08:002016-12-23T14:37:49.435-08:00Thank you! --MThank you! --MHow To Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09893719673099303079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post-90748625923236452712016-12-23T11:06:41.695-08:002016-12-23T11:06:41.695-08:00Thank U Both !!....M Appreciation !!Thank U Both !!....M Appreciation !!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279508967046349588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241303130847514632.post-24778719379362325512016-12-23T10:11:28.267-08:002016-12-23T10:11:28.267-08:00This was wonderful, thank you so much. I apprecia...This was wonderful, thank you so much. I appreciate your warmth and your honesty. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748519610013903975noreply@blogger.com