By Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams
The holidays are
coming. Here it is October and it will fly by just as the summer whose temperatures
hung on tenaciously. But Fall seems to have finally arrived. With it will come
all things pumpkin, changing of the leaves, crisp air, and . . . stress.
Thanksgiving and
Christmas are just around the corner. While we always look forward to those
joyful events, they bring along unwanted baggage. We scurry around trying to
prepare everyone’s favorite foods. We clean, even though we will have to do it
again once everyone returns to their own homes. And, if you are like many families,
you wonder if, and pray that, everyone will be on their best behavior.
Holidays are just stressful. Thanksgiving is bad enough, but then comes Christmas—
Holidays are just stressful. Thanksgiving is bad enough, but then comes Christmas—
that season which
proclaims joy, peace, and goodwill. But sometimes, Christmas is anything but. Insert heavy sigh here. I know you know what I mean. We’ve all
been there one year or another. But there is hope and help.
