A skunk, 🦨 a sick cat, 🐈‍⬛ and a holiday boundary gone sideways


Much of the stress we feel during the holidays comes from doing things we don’t actually want to do, Reader. Do you agree? Trying to create the “perfect” holiday for our kids. Keeping our extended family happy. Attending events when we’d rather build a pillow fort, burrow into a good book, and shut everyone out. And sometimes the pressure sneaks up on us in ways we don’t even see… until we’re halfway through state lines with a sick cat, a bag of medication, and a story we’ll laugh about...