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Because, really, it’s not that I’m looking for some big accolades or round of applause. But it would be nice, I suppose, if my family acknowledged, even a little, that special moments are made special because of special effort. By me.
Christmas is the most magical time of the year. But you know what? It’s not magical at all. It’s hard work!
You guys always say: ‘Don’t stress! It’ll all get done! It always gets done!’ You make me crazy with that. It gets done because I do it. That’s hard enough without you all making me feel like I belong in a straitjacket.”
“Maybe I wanted a little bit of that wonder myself, you know? To have the feeling that you all get—the magic that wonderful things just appear effortlessly.

