This is supposed to be an Honesty Hour all about Christmas & the New Year & being home for the holidays. But I’ll be honest and say that the only words I have for this blog post as I’m typing it is “Merry Christmas & Happy New Year”. That’s it. All I’ve got. And this blog post goes live in less than 48 hours. Yikes. Holiday Celebrations Back when this pandemic started, I (and a lot of others I’m sure), thought it’d be over by the holidays. Life would go back to “normal”. We’d celebrate the holidays how we always have, a.k.a. with our families. But here we are. Still…

Honesty Hour: This has been the most difficult holiday season. I’ve lost 3 grandparents in 4 years. I have officially lost a whole set of grandparents. I’ve experienced 3 holiday seasons fresh off the loss of a grandparent, but this one was the worst. It was full of changes (which I am notorious for not being good at). It was about shifting traditions & making the most of it. I am a lover of tradition & the last 4 years (5 if you include the year my cousin got married) those traditions have fallen away completely or have shifted. This year, instead of solely focusing on (& being bummed over)…