(also I am taking a sick/mental health day cause I have been feeling yucky all week and I can afford to not do my stuff for a day and I have Christmas presents to wrap and a house to clean)
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
- Henri Nouwen
Also... Gnomes and gardens and cats and dogs and football (soccer) and nephews/nieces and more.