Christmas 2018
This Christmas season passed so quickly. As I sit, now by my tree in the quiet living room, kids in bed on Christmas night. Presents opened and put away, dinner enjoyed and guests gone home, dishes washed and leftovers put away. I am content. My new home has new memories that have been made. This is the first Christmas I have hosted in three years, and the first one I did all by myself (okay, the kids helped A LOT). Having my home filled with friends that are as dear as family made my Christmas feel like Christmas. I enjoy watching my children open their gifts, and I am always thankful for any gifts I receive, but the table at dinner... Listening to stories, and sharing in the lives of those who may have been alone today-- that's my favorite part of Christmas. Tonight as I left my children watching Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas videos, to go have a ham sandwich at the dinning room table alone. I thought," I love this". Sitting alone, in the quiet, the tree lit