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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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There, we’d spend the holidays together, as a family, without the overgifting and overdecorating and overeating of a typical Christmas. This trip was part birthday gift, part Christmas escape, part Florida homecoming. On Christmas Eve, she’d cook pigs in a blanket and we’d head over to the neighborhood holiday party.

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What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal

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Two days later, the sleepy, snappy malaise that hovered over our house like some gray beast was gone, and holiday joy had returned. Gratitude log 24: While the journaling exercise eventually made my heart grow a few sizes and gave me a greater appreciation for my many gifts, it apparently did so with about the same power as caffeine.

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25 Holiday Gift Ideas That Support Minority-Owned Businesses

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It’s time to put our money where our mouths were when we marched for equality and social justice—which is the kind of holiday spirit I want to be a part of. Whether your loved one works from home or is an at-home mixologist, here are 25 gifts they’ll love that also support minority-owned businesses. Grovemade Laptop Stand.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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In the predawn hours of a Saturday morning in January 2017, an arsonist set fire to the Victoria Islamic Center, a mosque in Victoria, Texas. In March 2017, Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Modern Love column, “ You May Want to Marry My Husband ,” appeared in print and online in The New York Times. Neighborly Love. Jamie Friedlander.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to form Righteous Uplifting Nourishing International, a global nonprofit organization whose message is to change lives one soul at a time. Leigh Burgess is a creative strategist who uses her gifts to help others. Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry.

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