The Magic We Bring

Meaghan Shaffer's The Magic We Bring was born out of her own attempt to help her toddler understand the bigger "why" behind holiday celebrations, seeking to go beyond decorations and presents and new year confetti.

Holiday magic isn't just about a few weeks at the end of the year. It is about the power of giving and receiving courage, kindness, joy, love and beauty all of our days. It is about noticing and believing and being true. It is about honoring ourselves and each other and ungraspable things that are far bigger than us.

The Magic We Bring serves as a reminder to capture opportunities to feel the magic...to be the magic...to bring the magic all year long, then come together to appreciate and celebrate the enchantment this creates.

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Meaghan lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, son and two pups. She's passionate about words as an avenue to connection; people, thoughts and ideas. Adopting her son in 2020 - seeing the world through his eyes - caused a complete shift in perspective, a pursuit of the bigger why. She hopes he will always ask big questions, chase his curiosity, and live true.

Travis A. Thompson is an artist and educator from Charlotte, North Carolina. With ten plus years experience working with children within public schools, he has seen first hand the importance of how outside influences can shape a child's view of themselves. It is his goal to make sure that the mark he leaves on this world is a positive one through his illustrations.