Some illnesses this year have led to some schedule changes, but as long as we get together later, it will be okay. Today will feel strange not gathering with our children and grandchildren, but it’s another story to add to the holiday list.
Taking a care package to one of them for a porch exchange and talked at length with the other last night.
I was up early, as I am most Christmas mornings, wrapping my better half’s gifts and thinking about our parents who are no longer with us. Even holidays when they were older seem distant now. So much has changed.
I paused once or twice when I was decorating our tree and still using some ornaments my mother would decorate her tree with. Or special ones with pictures of my better half’s parents. Some years or times those things bring a smile, sometimes a tear, sometimes both with a chuckle.
Being together is always possible if you let the memories make it so.
Merry Christmas all.
Mike
December 25, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Mike. May there be some unexpected blessings on this day where illness is present in your family.
December 25, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Thank you Susan and a Merry Xmas to you also. It’s the season for those bugs to make their rounds. We are appreciating the special day and being healthy ourselves. When children and or grandchildren are sick its hard to rest easy though.
December 25, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Oh yes. I understand that, being a mother. I am overjoyed to have our “prodigal son” back. While not physical illness in our case, the pains of our children are tough to see. Thank you for your comment. I felt proud today when I posted one of my own photos and thought of how much I enjoy your photography. I look forward to more.