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Wow,
what
a
blessing...I
am
so
grateful.
I
have
heard
alot
of
people
using
this
holiday
season
as
an
excuse
for
relapse.
I
believe
that
any
day
of
the
year
is
exactly
what
you
make
it.
Regardless
of
how
many
negative
emotions
or
memories
surround
it.
Personally
I
have
very
few
fond
memories
of
Christmas,
2
yrs
ago
i
went
to
a
battered
womens
shelter
and
spent
it
alone
without
my
kids
for
the
first
time.
More
reason
to
be
grateful
I
say.
My
kids
and
I
have
a
tradition
of
doing
things
for
others
on
Christmas,
so
not
to
fall
into
the
commercialization
of
the
holiday.
Besides,
5
kids
deplete
whatever
money
I
have
very
quickly
so
there
usually
isnt
much
in
the
area
of
gifts...
and
they
think
Santa
is
just
cheap
and
Who
wants
to
start
the
New
year
off
with
maxed
credit
cards
and
empty
wallets
anyways?
We
have
gone
to
homeless
shelters
and
given
out
(gently
used
toys,
donated
by
my
kids
without
any
prompt)
and
volunteered
at
soup
kitchens
in
previous
years.
This
year
we
are
living
in
a
community
without
shelters
or
soup
kitchens
so
we
donated
toys
and
clothes
to
the
Salvation
Army
and
shoveled
the
driveways
of
a
few
people
who
are
physically
unable
to
do
so.
It
is
the
best
gift
I
think
i
could
give
my
kids.
And
there
is
so
much
in
it
for
me
as
well.
What
a
beautiful
time
of
year.
Merry
Christmas
everyone!
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I am me and thats all I ever will be...Take it or leave it!
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