Balance and the approaching holiday season

As the days and weeks of November begin there count down towards that great American holiday "Thanksgiving" I can't help but reflect on balance. I continue to work to achieve balance in my own life, as wife, mother, and a pastor, but it seems that the holidays come along and complicate the whole thing.

Don't get me wrong, I love the holiday's as much as the next person, after all I get to work all the major ones! :) But, with the holidays come the preparation, the good food, the presents, and well everything else...and general out go the strict diets, the exercise programs, and routine.

So, I wonder how does stay balanced as the holidays come and go? Is it through better planning and preparation? Who knows! But I for one am going to attempt to stay balanced...I said I'm going to try!