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This year, for some reason, was a really special Christmas for us as a family. Our children are old enough to enjoy it FINALLY, we've gotten into a really great set of traditions, one of which is having Rob's mom spend Christmas Eve night with us in our home. Since the passing of his father, the time we share with her over the holiday means so much more for us...it's almost bittersweet. We also got to spend some really wonderful time with Tony & Melissa on Christmas Eve! Mom and Mark were stranded in London that night and so the new Mr and Mrs came to our house where we ordered organic Thai food and shared a fantastic meal with Lois, them and the kids. It sounds odd, but we all kind of wanted to turn THAT into a tradtion - the meal not the absence of Mom and Mark! The simplicity of the meal, no cooking, no mess, no stress, muss or fuss was very liberating for us all. It allowed us all to focus on one another the entire time and not the preparation, serving and then cleaning of a home cooked meal. We had time to sing carols with TONS of cool instruments in the den in front of a roaring fire, open gifts and talk...it was so fun!
2009's Holidays were full of peace, fun, love and laughter. I know that it sounds like a Hallmark card, but they were. I felt so happy and content- my cup truly did runneth over.
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