Thanksgiving remains the same in the sense of my family coming together. Sometimes some can't stay as long as we'd like, but at least at some point we are ALL together!
We have made some changes the last 2 years. Always before it would be at Carls and my house. Last year we moved it to Heathers and Tims, my oldest daughter. Tims mom wasn't able to prepare dinner like she always had before, so Heather cooked for his family, and invited hers too.
This year was different yet again. Last year was our first without Austin, this year we had to go on without June, Tims mom. But I know they were together in Heaven smiling down on us, rejoicing that we carry on even though it still hurts.
This was the first year Carls mom didn't fix a meal. She went to his brothers house. I feel like she just couldn't do it without Don there, we lost him this year too.
Yet we have to TRY to stay postive, to meet each day head-on. To be all we can be, for ourselves and for each other.
Yes, we can look back and remember past Holidays. Days all our loved ones were still here with us. But we have to look forward too. We have other family members and they are just as important to us.
So, until we can all be together again, we will take each day as it comes. We will find something to smile about, even if we also find something to cry about. Thats what life is, ups and downs. We just have to learn to balance them, though its great if the ups throw us off balance some!!
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