Hello, my friends. Hi if you’re new—I’m Catherine Greer, author, copywriter and baker, lover of Christmas, mum of sons, slightly-tired woman heading into the holiday season.
How are you? (How are you really?)
Today’s been challenging, and I’m not sure how to handle it. Someone in our extended family whom we love so, so dearly has a very big health worry now, and life feels like an avalanche.
When things go wrong, the worst of it—for me—is the shock. Just when I desperately need to think clearly, I can’t—and everything’s frozen. I try to chip away at that block of ice in my brain, searching for something: a way forward, an idea no one else has had, some small way to help.
Life is so long and full of opportunities, and also so very short.
Today, if everything’s okay, it’s the perfect time to say thank you.
And if things are hard, there’s this: I hope you get your dreams.
Take good care out there, and I’ll be back next week with a happier note in your inbox.
Love, Catherine x
P.S. The Fun Stuff…
For each one of you this morning, this song is us. 🩷 Thankful.
We had a beautiful weekend away for my son’s graduation in the Australian Army. Thankful.
Today we’re decorating the Christmas tree, so we’ll have quiet early mornings with the tree lights on. Thankful.
I’m making a turkey dinner for the family, and I absolutely love the new KMART range of Christmas table linens. I mean, can you even believe this $10 tablecloth with Aussie bottlebrush? It’s so soft and so Christmas-ey. And these napkins? And these red velvet bow napkin rings? I know. So pretty.
