I have a lot to talk about this holiday season but the small moments when stress sometimes overwhelms us to the point we are overcome with emotion, I let the kids tell me one of their jokes and it almost always changes the mood.

Ellie: Mom, what did the buffalo tell his oldest boy before going away on a long trip?

Me: I don’t know Ellie. Since when were we talking about buffalo, can you pass me a new box of tape and the scissors….oh, you’re telling me a joke? I don’t know. What did the buffalo tell his oldest boy before going away on a long trip?

Ellie: Bison.