I’ve been working on researching for an article I just finished for the Parentmap print magazine about global service trips for teens (stay tuned- it’s coming out later this month), which is why you haven’t seen me posting much lately.

But I finally have another post up about how to handle the stress of holiday/birthday giving. I wrote about this in the winter of 2011 but I have since added a few more details. I hope it helps to relieve the pressure of the holiday season especially.

Do you ever feel like this around the holidays?

I’m off this weekend to Europe to see my daughter play in a piano festival in Vienna, Austria! So there may be another silence, but I may just surprise you (and myself) if I can find the time to post something.