This has been a heavy year, and a heavy Christmas season. It feels incongruous with what Christmas has traditionally personified, but that’s all part of it. How could we ever experience the warmth and comfort without the cold and ache? Sometimes it’s not enough for the weather of the winter to be that dark and dismal – sometimes we have to feel it in our hearts.
As a frivolous antidote to such themes, I offer the following list of links to happier blog posts and memories, many from sunnier summer days, some from childhood, and all from a happier place than it feels like we’re in right now. Not everyone is happy or surrounded by loved ones on this day, so to anyone feeling lonely or simply not in the Christmas spirit, may this little list of look-backs provide some solace. Merry Christmas.
- A happy Father’s Day memory.
- The best guardian for a Red Sox game.
- Provincetown vacations from the past.
- A good day for Dad.
- Sunflowers through Montana.
- Winding through winter to a smile.
- A gaggle of giggles.
- Let’s get ridiculous.
- We can laugh… now.
- Happy scent triggers.
- Double-decker vision.
- Thread this.
- Speedo silliness.
- Gimme a break.
- Party in my pants.
- Choosing laughter.
