Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Kerry Winfrey
- Language: English
- Genre: Holiday Romance
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MICHAEL BUBLÉ CROONS about Santa Claus coming to town as I cruise
down I-70, my eyes ping-ponging between the road and the clock. It’s
not that I’m late . . . in fact, a mere seven months ago, I would’ve considered
this early. But that was back when I was Old Laurel, the one who was the
conductor of her own personal Hot Mess Express, the one who never met a
situation she couldn’t screw up, the one who, as my best friend, Jamilah, put
it, ran on “Laurel Time” (which is to say, always at least fifteen minutes late).
But that’s not who I am anymore, I remind myself. Now I’m New Laurel,
the one who arrives on time and doesn’t implode her life with her own poor
decisions.
My downfall this morning was stopping at Starbucks. I intended to grab
peppermint mochas for my boss and myself, but then I got wrapped up in a
conversation with the Starbucks drive-through employee when she
complimented my Christmas tree earrings and I said I loved her Santa
earrings, and then we talked about our Christmas plans and . . .
Well, long story short, now I’m going to get to the office for my preholiday meeting right on time.
I get off the highway as Michael Bublé fades out and the radio DJ tells
everyone that a white Christmas is in the forecast. Personally, I’ll believe it
when I see it. As someone who came out of the womb loving Christmas—my
twin sister and I were born on December 25—I literally dream of a white
Christmas, but I’m used to gray ones. I don’t know if we really had more
snow in Ohio when I was a kid or if my memories are fudged by the blurry
lens of nostalgia, but I’ve been burned too many times to put much stock in
the meteorologist’s promise of snow.
It’s three days before Christmas, and although I typically work remotely,
my boss scheduled a meeting before my official holiday vacation starts. I
started working at Buckeye State of Mind, a magazine and website whose
slogan is “Everything great in the Buckeye State,” a little over six months
ago. Our main purpose is to highlight restaurants, tourist attractions, parks,
businesses, and anything that’s special in Ohio. I run our social media, write
a monthly online column, and soon I’ll be writing other stories, too (well,
fingers crossed, anyway).
I pull into our strangely empty parking lot—only Gilbert’s Subaru is here
—and turn off the car. I close my eyes, picturing myself in my Mind Oasis,
as outlined in the book Creating Your Mind Oasis and Finding Inner Peace.
New Laurel has a Mind Oasis that’s a calm, clean, all-white room. The Mind
Oasis even has a white sofa, because in my mind I can’t get red wine or
brownies or Cheeto dust on it. The Mind Oasis is a place of perfect peace,
and it’s where I go when I need to center myself. No longer am I sitting in
my Toyota Camry, surrounded by empty Starbucks cups littering the floor,
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