Holidays
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The Grinch: How My Heart Grew From Grump to Grateful
I am the youngest of 4 kids and the only girl. Yes, everything you may be thinking is true. I wasn’t spoiled as in I got lots of material things. But I may have whined a bit and felt entitled to my way sometimes. I got my own room while the 3 boys were cramped in one small bedroom. I was perhaps resented and definitely teased a lot by my brothers. Teenage Linda was the only one left at home, with brothers that had gone off to be adults. I loved having my parents to myself. In my humble opinion, I was an easy teenager. I didn’t give my parents…
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My Adventures in Anxiety During the Merriest Time of the Year
It was Thanksgiving morning. I got up to get the meal going and I stood in the kitchen shaking. My hands were trembling. My anxiety was through the roof. The holidays are known to be stressful, especially for moms. Planning merriment for a large family can suck the life out of an already worn out woman. If the kids don’t feel fed, loved and heaped in family traditions during this time of year, it’s mom’s fault right? We make the menus, plan a service project, make the gift lists, make the gift-giving for kids appear evenly dispersed monetarily. We try to decorate according to Pinterest standards, bake goodies for neighbors,…