Joy to the world, the Lord is come I’m writing this in advance, knowing I will be very busy on Thursday Blog Day preparing for my family’s arrival. Our family has our Christmas celebration, reunion, tree, and dinner, the weekend following Christmas. When Dave and I were raising our kids, seven of them, Christmas was a blur. We went from Church to Santa, to car for a long drive to Michigan where Christmas continued at Dave’s family and at my family, then drive back home days later crammed in the car to return to the new toys and work. Sometimes Santa left their gifts at Grandma’s and we toted them all back home after driving all Christmas Day. Most of our two families lived nearby in Michigan; we never lived closer than 8 hours; most of the time it was 13 hours. We decided that when our children were grown and had their own families, that we would spare them that hassle. They should have Christmas at home with their own families, their own trees, their own churches, their own traditions. Then we’d have Christmas reunion at our house the following weekend, exchanging gifts from a name drawing. Some years it works better than others. This year, with Christmas on Wednesday, they begin arriving Thursday evening and Friday. Saturday is our big day. They will leave Sunday after a memorial Mass for our son-in-law, sadly missed this Christmas. When Christmas is on Saturday, we are a full week later, harder to arrange for some, and New Year’s Eve interference. Our children will drive from Virginia, and hour and a half, North Carolina, 2 hours and 6 hours, Atlanta, 8 and 9 hours, Jekyll Island, 10 hours, Charleston, 5 hours, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I’ve no idea how far away that is, but the soldier and his wife will have our new great granddaughter for the best present ever! So, while you read our blog on Thursday after having had Christmas, we will just be preparing for ours. I’ll be back next Monday, to start the new year. I hope to be able to tell you then that my IPhone was found in the refrigerator. It’s another story.
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6/24/2022 10:56:48 am
nks for sharing the article, and more importantly, your personal experience mindfully using our emotions as data about our inner state and know ing when it’s better to de-escalate by taking a time out are great tools. Appreciate you reading and sharingdc your story since I can certainly relate and I think others can to
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6/24/2022 11:53:02 am
your personal experience mindfully using our emotions as data about our inner state and know ing when it’s better to de-escalate by taking a time out are great tools. Appreciate you reading and sharingdc your story since I can certainly relate and I think others can to
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Author Deanna lives in the inner-coastal area of Eastern North Carolina in historic Edenton. She belongs to a local bookclub, SCBWI, Catholic Writers Guild, ACFW, NCWN and other writing groups. Categories |