Taking a Little Break From a Weekend Recap

Anyone else in a holiday heap?

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Wow...that went fast, did it not?  The late Thanksgiving's always seem to screw you time wise because it feels like it's taking away a week.  I guess it kind of is, isn't it?  😄  Just a reminder that next Thanksgiving is on the 27th so it'll be that same feeling of time crunch.  Set up your reminders now about getting to it earlier next year for a less stressful holiday season!  (Personal note - make and food save dough the middle of October!  You just seriously don't have a choice anymore.)

As we marked our second holiday without Mom, it is the one that reminds you that yes, this is your new normal.  There's no going back.  While it had many bittersweet moments, we tried to make the best of it to find those small pockets of self made peace, magic and nostalgia of grateful moments of holidays past.  Trying to 'get back to' what we had holiday wise in our early marriage and my childhood has actually been going on since 2009 according to my posts both active and archived.  That was sobering.  So it is time for new traditions while honoring old ones.  Ones we would not have chosen if Mom and Grandma were here but we need to focus on doing stuff that we want to do, making memories of our own and not spend time with some people who either don't like us or we don't feel comfortable around just because they're family.  My friend since the 80's purposely sent his partner to be with his family because he loathes family get togethers and just wanted peace on Christmas day to play specific records and be alone.  His partner has a bit of a hard time settling down which can irritate him but the partner is also very dependent on his family.  So while it might not seem 'right' to many that they weren't together on the holiday, I really respected him standing up for what he needed that day.  We should all do that for ourselves.  Whether forced into it like we were or are one of the many who had more gripes after visiting family after the holidays, we should all evaluate how WE would like to actually spend those sacred days.  You can always have holiday gatherings earlier in the season or even get together once the hustle and bustle of the season is over to share everything you did.  We don't know how many holidays we have left.  We deserve to spend them the way we actually want to and that doesn't necessarily mean trying to recreate what can never be or gritting our teeth through hot topics with people who seem to only exist to tick others off.  Just something to think about as we roll into a new year.

I do want to thank you for still hanging in there with me this year.  I know it hasn't been a thrill a minute and certainly no real weight talk to be found.  (Which actually has no choice but to change in the coming year.)  So I appreciate all of you for hanging in with me/us.  I'm wishing you the happiest new year full of peace, health and healing.

Please share how you spent the holidays and if you have any plans for NYE!

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