What a great post, Wells. Thank you.
It's been an interesting holiday season - ups and downs. Your post captures a lot of my feelings and I'm so happy you added in a reminder for us to take care of ourselves
I often have to remind myself to be gentle on ME!
This is the first holiday season without my ex and honestly I am happy to be moving on from him and his chaos, but the bad memories of Christmases past troubled me. I found that the more "present" I was, the better! So, that's what I plan to do for the remainder of the holiday season and beyond.
Wishing you and all of us here on SR a wonderful New Year! We deserve it