A Quiet Holiday Hello From Katelyn - Still Standing Tall

From the girl who lost it all-and still put up lights... If your holiday feels thin, this one's for you. One small win, 15 minutes of real talk. No pitch. That's it.

Katelyn Mccarthy

11/20/20251 min read

A Quiet Holiday Hello-from Katelyn, Still Standing

Hi. I don't usually do this. But if you're staring at a Christmas tree that feels more like a reminder than a celebration, I get it. I opened my box this year and cried-because every ornament that once told a story was gone. I wasn't ready to remember the once beautiful Christmas home I had before it was stolen by an unscrupulous acclaimed "moving company". For me, Christmas was and still is, Sacred. Over the past 40 years, I have joyfully decorate my house to celebrate the birth of the Savior. Until last year. All of my worldly possesions were taken and never to be seen again. But here's what I learned: you don't have to have the best decorated home to find the real joy of the season. The message of the birth of Jesus Christ, brings hope to our troubled world. So, this year, those few things I began to replace my once cherrished bulbs, statues of the baby Jesus, with ribbons, sticks that smelled like cinnamon and that one string of lights will be my new beginning. So if your season's small, make it small on purpose. One stocking. One song. One memory you let yourself keep. I'm not here to sell you hope. I'm here to say: it gets better when you stop pretending. And if tonight you just need someone to say you're not alone-well, I'm sitting here, too. With my sad tree memories, and three working lights. Happy holidays. Really. and hey... Im in the business of helping people find money that they really need, maybe to make the Christmas season a little better. Need real help? Reach out. I don't pressure anyone. promise.