I’m giving myself grace this Christmas.
I don’t know about you, but it’s been a weird holiday season for me. There have been moments of gentle peace followed by periods of high stress intermingled with extreme busyness and even quiet sadness.
I could point to several things and say, “We could have done that differently, or not at all.” But some lessons are only learned by doing. And now we know.
Grace.
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