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Halloween was Saturday, which means whatever calm and order existed in our personal worlds will soon disappear into preparations for the coming holidays.

Don’t get me wrong. The holidays are my favorite time of year.

At the same time I dread them because the days been Halloween and New Year’s Day can be so overwhelming.

Plus, this year I have a new writing project due by the end of the year—<em>When Love Trusts,</em> Book three in the Fitzpatrick Family series.

Because Chicken Wrangler Sara and I want to enjoy the holidays with our families, and hopefully reduce our stress, we will be taking turns posting blogs once a week instead of our two blogs. This plan worked well last holiday season and we’re counting on it working again this year.

What will you be doing to de-stress, re-group and re-focus during this holiday season?

Need ideas? Check out these articles at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-pritchard/holiday-stress_b_2268356.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a> and <a href="http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/destress-amidst-holidays" target="_blank">WebMD</a>