Best gift

Mona Andrei had a wonderful holiday season, especially in retrospect. Read more from her on her blog, Moxie Dude. So here we are, another holiday season behind us – to which I say, “Yayyy!” Christmas is exhausting. And yet this year – unlike any other year – I find myself smiling nostalgically over the pictures …

It’s a mathematical fact: Your level of stress is inversely proportional to the proximity of the holidays. As the days between now and the holidays decrease, your stress level is certain to increase. It doesn’t matter whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or another holiday. Stress is stress. We’re deciding what to cook/which cookies to …