...what we're going through now:

What people struggle with, especially when they want something to be really special, 'for the season' or 'for the kids' or, probably most accurately, 'for making up for all the horrible experiences in this season in the past that still haunt' --what people really struggle with is that list of big emotions I started with:

• disappointment
• dread
• frustration
• the unknown (unknowable) future
• worry
• annoyance
• powerlessness