Without getting into much detail, it hasn’t been a great year for me, my husband or my family on a personal level. Lots of challenges emotionally and spiritually. It has been exhausting, but we have come out the other end and we are still standing.

I started thinking about skipping Christmas, but how does one go about even suggesting something like that? Turns out it was on everyones’ minds. 

So this year The Mitchells et al will do just that. No malls, no tree, no cards, no gifts, no wrapping, no running around and no 24 hour cooking/cleaning sessions. At first I was worried about what this meant or that I would feel like I was missing something. Turns out I feel like I have made the best decision in a long time! 

This December I will take the time to really do some charitable work which always ends up to be the bare minimum because I am so busy. Like volunteering for 3 full days for Toy Mountain, adopting a family for a holiday hamper, volunteer gift wrapping and putting money I would have spent towards a really good size Food Bank donation. And it feels great.

At the end of it all, we will still all come together with family and friends to just simply enjoy each others company..to just do nothing! 

It’s an interesting thing this Christmas holiday season. When you remove the stress and the work…you are left with what really matters…time.

Events in Bloom wishes you and yours a holiday season full of love, happiness and good will.