For a birthday: Was there a cocktail that your friend or partner loved at a restaurant? Or a dish they particularly loved? Pick up all the ingredients to make it, and write on the note “Remember how much fun we had that night at ____.”

For a small-gesture or “I’m thinking of you” gift: The single-batch cocktail. I’ll never forget that time during the early days of Covid when my friend Sonya batched a single-serve Elderflower Vesper for me in a jam jar (1 ounce vodka, 1 ounce gin, 1 ounce Lillet Blanc, 1/2 ounce St-Germain elderflower liqueur, lemon or orange twist) and left it on my doorstep.

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something