Expectations

We all have this Norman Rockwell image of what we want the holiday season to look like. We want to select the perfect gifts and entertain at a Martha Stewart-like level.

Save yourself a lot of heartache and lower the bar a few notches. It’s perfectly acceptable if your turkey doesn’t look like the one in the picture, or your cake is lopsided.

Life doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful.

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