It is that time of the year again. Every one of us is overwhelmed preparing Holiday traditions and I am one of them.

With the girls, we have been debating if we should send real Christmas cards or electronic ones. It is the era of quick emails, quick texts, easy spelling shortcuts. Think about it: why spend several hundreds of dollars and many hours in real paper cards while you can save that money and send mass emails in less than 10 minutes?

I don't have a good answer. I just know how much my daughters are longing for real letters, real cards, real paper. Seeing the smile on their face when they receive a note in the mail is priceless. Receiving a card or receiving an email is such a different sensation. 

So, we decided to print cards again, maybe for the last time. The political climate helped us too to lean towards kindness rather than easiness. Stopping a moment during the busy holiday preparation is worth the cost of paper. We stop everything, spend time together, writing the names on the envelopes, sticking stamps or writing a little note on the card. We wonder: why are we sending these people a card? Sometimes it is because they are alone, sometimes, it is because they are family, or good friends,  or friends, or old friends. When we put the card in the envelope, we think about the happy moments we share(d) with these friends. 

Stopping, connecting, imagining the smile on faces makes it worth the money and the time. 

Happy new year friends, with many smiles and a lot of gratitude for who you are or who you have been in our lives. 

(Oh, and please, send us your address (by email :-)