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There are memories that settle inside us like small lights that never go out.
Moments from another life that keep breathing quietly in a corner of the heart.
And every autumn, when the world rushes toward Black Friday and endless noise, I inevitably return to one of those memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many years ago, before becoming a mother, when I travelled often for work and the world felt wide and open, I was lucky enough to experience two Thanksgivings in a row.
Two moments so different that they still move me today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first was in Quebec.
A warm, family Thanksgiving, with a feeling very close to our own Christmas: a full table, simple gestures, that sense of belonging even when you\u2019re far from home.
It felt like receiving a gentle hug in an unfamiliar place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second\u2026 was in New York.
Alone, working, in a city that never slows down.
That holiday morning I decided to walk \u2014 just walk \u2014 and somehow found myself entering a church in Harlem, right in the middle of a gospel service.
I was the only white person in a room full of voice, skin and soul.
And there, wrapped in a song that still gives me goosebumps, I ended up held tightly by a huge, sweet man, both of us crying with an emotion that had no name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the service, we went out to deliver food to people living on the streets.
For hours, that Thanksgiving became exactly that: community, humanity, sharing.
And when everything was done, I walked to Central Park.
There, among trees and cold air, I processed everything I had lived:
the surprise, the gratitude, the deep feeling of simply belonging<\/em> \u2014 no questions, no filters, no prejudices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That day I made a decision:
as long as I could, I would celebrate Thanksgiving in my own way.
Not for the tradition, but for the feeling:
gratitude, sharing, recognising myself in others and letting others recognise themselves in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And every year, when this moment comes, the memory returns.
And I sit, look at the resting earth, and give thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the land teaches me too.
While Black Friday emails fill my inbox and the world races ahead, nature speaks of something else:
of roots resting, of seeds waiting, of rhythms that can\u2019t be rushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving taught me gratitude.
The field has taught me patience.
And Christmas reminds me that the light always returns, even when the days are short and cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this year, here at Flox, I want to honour a different kind of Christmas:
a slower one, quieter, closer.
A Christmas of small gestures, of bouquets that smell of life, of tables big enough for every emotion.
A Christmas that feels a little more like that day in New York:
where no one asks \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d,
but instead, \u201cAre you hungry? Are you alright? Sit with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what I wish for the end of the year.
And perhaps it\u2019s what I wish to share with you too:
a little calm, a little light, a little truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If these words reached you in any way, I like to imagine that somewhere on the map we are walking under the same sunset.
Thank you for walking with me, even if only with your eyes and your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susanna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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