April Sparkles
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It’s Christmas Eve.
It must be time for “the talk”.

I see you all scurrying about attempting to make this season perfect.

It’s time to stop.

Remember the time the power went out and you couldn’t cook the big meal you planned, or the time your mom forgot to put the turkey in the oven?
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April Sparkles
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Of course you do!

That’s the year you remember how everyone came together, laughed, and made everything work.

That’s the year you made a memory.
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April Sparkles
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Do you think our ancestors planned for us to spend weeks on end in a tizzy of trying to plan one perfect day?

They did not.

Yet they still made beautiful memories.

They had crooked trees, they had sparse meals and they were charmed by the miracle of an orange in a sock in December.
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April Sparkles
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This year, give yourself a gift.

Give yourself the grace to be imperfect and happy.

Give yourself the opportunity to make memories out of your human imperfection.

Give yourself, calm and prepared to truly enjoy the people you’re with.
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April Sparkles
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They don’t care if the stuffing is perfect.

They care that you took the time to ask about their lives, play a game, or sing along loudly while you told them how awesome they are.

Please come back and tell us all what went wrong and how it ended up being fun.

Love,
April 💛
08:41 AM - Dec 24, 2023
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***This concludes April’s holiday season lecture on how perfection isn’t always the goal. 💛
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Spiritual Annie
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One year, after leaving the turkey unwrapped on the kitchen drainboard to thaw while we were at mass, we came home to find for small holes in it, two on each side of the breastbone. And there was an innocent looking kitty on the sofa, squinting her eyes at us as if to proclaim her innocence. 🤣🤣🤣
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09:48 AM - Dec 24, 2023
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Rebecca
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She’s letting you know that that was entrapment and no court in the land would convict her.
06:20 PM - Dec 24, 2023
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Renee Tang
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😇 The innocent kitty was doing quality assurance on the turkey *for the family*. Hopefully they were appreciative of her efforts. 😄
06:20 PM - Dec 24, 2023
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Spiritual Annie
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She got gifted with the raw neck bone every year. I think she got impatient. 🤣🤣🤣
06:21 PM - Dec 24, 2023
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Bren
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🤣🤣🤣
10:09 AM - Dec 24, 2023
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April Sparkles
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🤭🤭🤭

Just testing to make sure it was thawed…😂
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