Holiday Panic

[The People]

We are house sitting animals which are the best Christmas company. Friends have sent us gifts. We would be fine just staying like this but we go out for dinner on Christmas night with friends -Octogenarians. I help them out a lot and am pretty much like family. I took Ruth shopping for her husband today. I really didn't want to but she never knows what will be the last Christmas for him. That is sad but they have had 60 years together. Their one son has MI. But we get along fine.
I have reconnected with a sister who struggles. She sent me gifts and they all feel like journals. She fell apart after the male PU d**d.

You don't have to be with FOO. And as an adult you can set a time limit if you do go. You are an adult now. In the meantime do something that makes you feel good. Stick whatever you can afford into your local food bank. Shovel a driveway for a senior. Go for a run with your dog if you have one or visit a pet store if you don't. Animals are known to produce... something that results in happiness.

You have us. You have yourself. I will check in when I can. Just look after yourself if that means telling them that you are sick or whatever. Find peace anywhere you can.