Traditions are important…but don’t fret when things don’t go as planned

Veronica Zundel believes we need both a smattering of special moments and the more mundane in our lives

It has been a tradition in my family for many years to go out to the theatre for a show or ballet in between Christmas and New Year. It has also been a tradition for something to go wrong, which means that we end up unable to go, or not enjoying it as much as we might. There was the year when almost everyone had flu and the healthiest had to stand in the theatre queue trying to sell off the surplus tickets.