Gracie on December 22nd, 2009

Today’s gift–and the last one in my pre-Christmas selection–is about creating memories as a family. What we do together, our traditions, the emotional shorthand we use with each other, these are the things we take with us from birth to death.
One of the fun things we do as a family is decorate the Christmas tree. [...]

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Gracie on December 15th, 2009

Today is our pearl wedding anniversary.
In terms of marriage in general the symbol is really quite apt. A pearl starts off life as a little bit of organic material that gets trapped into the pearl oyster’s mantel folds and  irritates the hell out of it. Marriage starts off with two people (who think they know what love [...]

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Gracie on December 7th, 2009

You probably know that the holiday season has one of the highest rates of suicides, murders, and runaways of any time of the year. Why is that?
Personally, I think it stems from guilt. The tradition of getting together with family can often be more of a stress than a joy–for all concerned–and knowing that the [...]

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