I spent Christmas on Christmas Eve at my brother’s house! It
was so nice to have family time and visiting with my Brother, his wife, and
their son Roger and his wife and kids. Their children are so much fun and very
artistically talented. Amber loves to draw and has a very good eye for
perspective already. Anthony is more the 3 dimensional artist and likes to
build things. I hope to teach him how to make the clay dragons like I do.
Though I bet his will be even better than mine in no time.
My sister-in-law and I love to cook, so it’s always fun to
talk cooking, cookbooks and such with her. I wish we had more time to just get
together and cook and have fun.
Later in the day the rest of the friends that they invited
arrived for the dinner. Since many of these people have joined us for the
holidays for many years it feels like extended family when they arrive. The conversation
was full of the joy that makes the Holiday all that much more fun. It was a
wonderful day!
The only damper for me was that lost feeling I can’t shake.
I feel like that square peg trying to cram into a round hole. It’s trying to be
happy without Mom there. She was so much a part of my life that I feel out of
place without her. I have done all I could this year to get that feeling of
cheer, but I feel like I fall just short of the goal. I know it’s more than
just losing Mom, it’s everything else that has happened. I am still very
knocked off kilter. As you can see in this picture, just 2 years ago it was a big family gathering at Christmas, my other brother came to visit with his family, Mom was still doing pretty well and well, I hadn't known the deep betrayal that would hit me from my husband. This year, there is no Mom, so Joe and family didn't come up to visit. And it's just Uno and I here with Husband in Jail and a divorce in the future. I hope 2013 is better. I will hopefully be divorced and I
am looking for a way to solve my money problems. I hope to get time to write
more. I would like to finally put my cookbook together and maybe e-publish it.
I want to build up my cooking blog and try and post at least every other day.
And one way or another I will get back to Florida for a visit at the very
least. That would really help to fill
the hole for me.
So I wish all of my friends and family here, in Florida and
spread out across the country and world a very Merry Christmas! I hope your day
is filled with family, cheer and blessings! And may we all have a Bright and
Happy New Year full of possibilities!
Merry Christmas everyone!
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