I don’t know about the rest of you but I am concerned about the holidays this year. There are several reasons why…

1. Holidays and all of the fixings put a lot of stress on those of us who host family for the event.

No matter how nice I ask I never get help when I fix those holiday meals. I certainly don’t get help for cleaning up the mess.

2.  Family gatherings can be joyous in nature if the people who gather are joyous in spirit. Unfortunately my family is not of that spirit.

My mother is a constant source of negativity and complaining. My daughter is verbally abusive and my ex has made all of my children so damn hypervigilant about table manners that it is not fun for me to eat anywhere near them.

So how am I going to handle this?

I have a secret weapon. It is actually two secret weapons. They are small and I can take them along on my trip after the Thanksgiving holiday to see my mother.

They have an uncanny ability to stop the flow of negativity.

They are soft and comforting, not loud and obnoxious.

I have used them before but not for this problem.

They can fit inside my coin purse and pass through any radar without a problem.

What are my secret weapons?

Leave your answer in the reply section or send me an email at gracielynne6@aol.com

I will announce the winner of the riddle in my next post.