Without a doubt it is a different holiday season this year. My temptation is to dwell in the disappointment that different has brought me. The missed traditions. The deflated expectations. The loss. 

But then I think of things that different has brought into my life. The different family I discovered when I married Ben and was welcomed by his loved ones. The different foods I tried when traveling in Turkey and Egypt. The different role of my body when I became a mother. 

I am tempted to label different as my enemy, when in fact some of the best experiences of my life have been a result of different. 

Different is where opportunity is born. What will you do with it? 

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