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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that there doesn't need to be attention between

celebrating with others and celebrating the way you might want to. You can always just

spread the celebrating out. Today's tip was inspired by a very wise suggestion that I heard from a blog reader a few years ago.

She mentioned that Mother's Day, which we celebrated in the U.S. over a recent weekend, could be

complicated for her. She had young kids and what she craved was some relaxed time spent on her own.

But what Mother's Day often involved was some sort of family

activity, you know, like brunch when you're still chasing a toddler around the restaurant,

or perhaps even extended family activities honoring family matriarchs and so forth.

This could be a source of frustration and disappointment, but instead she took a lesson from

the post office.

When a federal holiday happens on a Sunday, sometimes the post office will close on a day around

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