Family

Sometimes the holidays are rough for families.  Remember that you can pick your friends, you can't pick your family.  The holidays are a good time to mend fences - or at least turn off the electricity.  It's easy to choose what direction you think is best for other people without walking in their shoes.  I know I am guilty of that.  A old friend of mine and I used to joke that if we were able to trade places for 24 hours, we could wipe out all of each others problems.  The problem with that scenario - we would open a whole other can of worms for each other.  This holiday season, no matter how you feel about your family, open your arms wide.  They are the only family you've got.  And if for whatever reason you don't have a family to submerse yourself within, let me know.  My arms are always open.  We'll set a place for you at our table.