One of the things I love, love about this community, is how thoughtful and how kind you are to me, to each other. This Dare Greatly community is special. We are women who are committed to overcoming the hard things life hands us, and to grow from them, learn from them, and find beauty for ashes.

As some of you know, this summer got particularly hard, my cute dad recently passed away. And it happened quite fast, once it happened. He went in for an outpatient surgery, and was gone a week later. He had a series of domino events happen in the hospital that were just too hard to overcome in combination, and I’m so grateful we had that week with him to say our goodbyes and watch the hallmark channel with him, those Christmas in July shows with him, which are his favorite. 

My dad is a lover of all things Christmas, he even played Santa Clause over the years. Who can actually say in real life they had Santa Clause for a dad? That’s what me and all of...