“January is for Resting” & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #739

I was talking to my sister Lori yesterday and we were both complaining about how mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted we are. It happens to us every January. The long, cold, dark days have tremendous impact on our moods and our energy levels.

Thirty years ago, our father passed away on January 22. For the first fifteen years following his death, January was almost unbearable. It seemed like it would never end as we approached that dreadful anniversary every year. So fifteen years ago, Jeff and I decided to get married on January 23 because I needed something positive and happy to cheer me out of my January grief. It definitely helped and I am very excited for our annual A-Day breakfast date at Gram’s Diner, the best darn diner in the North Country!

But still, the January blues can catch up to me, especially when the winter is particularly cold and gray like this one has been.

Back to my conversation with my sister. She had been having the same conversation with our cousin Tina about the January blues when Tina pointed out to Lori that “January is for resting.” We both took this brilliant advice to heart and so today, on this seventeenth day of January in the year 2025, I am resting.

I hope you will join the fun little link party below and then go get lots of rest for yourselves this weekend. January is indeed the best time for resting!

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