((((( everyone )))))
Thank you all for the encouragement. My husband came in the house after work and said "Wow! It looks so Christmas-y in here!". That made me feel good. We even watched a sappy Christmas movie on Lifetime Network. Tomorrow I'm going to do some or all of my Christmas shopping for my husband. Guess I'll go write out some Christmas cards.
I wish you all a happy holiday season. Do just one little thing if you can to celebrate the season. It's helped me some. Maybe it will help you too. Let me know if you do something. I'd like to hear the stories.
Christmas socks! That sounds like fun. Maybe I'll get myself a pair tomorrow. I should dig out my Christmas earrings too. Anything to evoke some warm feelings.
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"What is Real? asked the Velveteen Rabbit one day.
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
-The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams
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