Our "Mental Health" Around the Holidays

Good morning my friends . . .

So, as we know . . . Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner . . . with all their "grace" and "glory" . . .

AND . . . with that . . . many times comes . . . anxiety and stress!

So, how do we manage those feeling???

Well . . . let's take the next few days and figure out how to get through the "holidays" feeling calm . . . so we can better enjoy their "true" meaning.

You know . . . being the "overachiever" that I am . . . and this year . . . breaking my kneecap . . .

I've learned . . . that we don't always have to be a "superhero" around the holidays.

In the past . . . I've always LOVED to decorate EVERYTHING . . .

You know . . . the inside of the house . . . the outside of the house . . . the backyard . . . the front yard . . . the barn . . . the farm/cottage food stand . . .

The list goes on and on . . .

I have a whole "she shed" of decorations for EVERY holiday and EVERY event . . .

And yes . . . at times . . . I'd "stress" myself out getting everything perfect for our guests.

But . . . this year . . . I decided . . . to take a break . . . and only decorate the barn with my "dad's" tradition of the "Baby Jesus in the manger" . . . and the Farm/Cottage Food Stand.

I decided to take this time during these 2 most important holiday's to ME . . . to focus on the "joy" of giving "thanks" and celebrating our Lord and Savior.

You see . . . unfortunately . . . around the holidays . . . "mental health" . . . can be negatively impacted by "increased" stress from "financial burdens" . . . "social pressures" . . . and "family conflicts".

And many times . . . we also deal with loneliness, "grief" and depression.

In the month of December 4 years ago . . . we said good-bye to dad . . .

And last December . . . my mom joined him in his heavenly home!

So "grief" and "loneliness" . . . are still at an all time high for me . . . and EVERYONE that has ever lost a loved one.

So, how do we make it through the "holidays"???

Well . . . tomorrow, let's figure that out.

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