This will be our first Christmas together for many years. It has changed many of my plans for the holidays. I found that I have trimmed our holidays to a very small gathering.
In the past I made it a point to invite a few people to share Christmas with us who didn't have anyone to spend Christmas with. This year it will be just the four of us. Our oldest son is coming home for the holidays, myself, my husband and of course Mom. But somehow this OK with me. Instead of a family gathering at our house on Christmas Eve, we are taking grandkid's gifts to their respective homes. We will have breakfast at one home and share snacks at another. Then we will go get Mom and take her home with us for the day. We have gifts for her under the tree. AND she will find a stuffed stocking at the foot of her bed when she wakes on Christmas morning.
A very dear friend of mine (fellow cancer survivor) brought gifts for Mom and the woman who does hair at the Waters. I was so blessed by her thoughtfulness.
I wish I could have done more but this year is a learning experience. Maybe next year I can be more generous.
a journal about keeping the memories of my mother who suffers with Lewy Body Dementia
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