It Is What It Is: The Best Holiday Gift My Daughter Ever Gave Me

It Is What It Is: The best holiday gift my daughter ever gave me

I joke a lot here about my daughters being typical — sometimes snarky, sometimes self-absorbed, sometimes disconnected — teenagers, but the truth is, they’re also insanely beautiful people whom I cherish more than anyone else in the world. And there’s no time of the year when I tend to focus on that more than the holiday season — especially when they surprise me and get me exactly what I want for Hanukkah.Need to back up, though, so you can really [...]

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