https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/how-to-celebrate-small/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/how-to-celebrate-small/#comment-11285 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:25:19 +0000 https://www.thegoodtrade.com/?p=64861#comment-11285 Yes to all of this. I’ve never regretted simple celebrations. I have regretted spending my time, money, and energy trying to make people happy with big parties.

]]> https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/how-to-celebrate-small/#comment-11278 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:49:12 +0000 https://www.thegoodtrade.com/?p=64861#comment-11278 I appreciated reading this — thank you so much. Recently someone asked me what special thing I was going to do for my 80th birthday. I said I didn’t know and thought to myself, “Gracious! How would I get my kids here and how would I pay for an extravagant weekend (or weeklong) happening?” Now, after reading this piece (I initially wrote peace) I think I’ll just go on retreat.

]]> https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/how-to-celebrate-small/#comment-11273 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:58:04 +0000 https://www.thegoodtrade.com/?p=64861#comment-11273 This is written so beautifully! Thanks for sharing this, it’s such a thoughtful and vulnerable piece.

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