Holly Girl card art

Holly Girl

The Woodland Friends · The Pixie Friends

Stay bright when things get cold.

What this friend is telling you

It is deep winter in Holly Girl's silver wood. The stream is frozen and everything sleeps — but her holly leaves are glossy green and her berries are bright red anyway. Holly does not wait for spring to have color. Some weeks feel like winter. A best friend moves away. You are stuck on the bench with a hurt ankle. Everything is gray and boring. This card says you can keep your color through it. Small warm things — cocoa, a favorite book, one good friend — will get you to spring.

Watch out for…

deciding that a bad week means a bad life. Weeks change, just like weather.

Try this

Make yourself a tiny "winter kit": three small things that always cheer you up. Use one on the next gray day.