Cathy sent the bold email last week. She suggested that our annual holiday party with all the usual greetings and feasting be traded in for a new economy sensitive tradition: no gifts this year.
“No gift giving” is a misnomer. The biggest gift we can give, it’s easy to forget, is simply being there. It’s easy to underestimate what our presence means and gives to others.
Perhaps there are those of you who have lost a loved one and the undertone of the whole season is the ache of that person’s absence. Please know that if you weren’t here, you would be ached for. By someone. Perhaps by many.
This may be the perfect moment in time to bring simplicity back to the holidays. You may even boldly propose to the ones you love: no gifts this year.
To Warmth, Togetherness and You,
Jean
