This year my Christmas Day was filled with little foot beats, giggles, laughs and a lot of noise, happy noise. My three grandchildren I cared for during the Spring and Summer and their parents spent Christmas at Granny’s house. It has been twelve years since a child spent Christmas Day at Granny’s.
The past years we have celebrated Christmas with family on a day other than December 25. After everyone has celebrated Christmas with their families and others, we would choose a date in January for a feast and gift exchange with us. Christmas Day past has been a quiet day with my husband.
Today, the grandchildren, my son and daughter-in-law started their trip returning home. The house is quiet, the train under the Christmas tree is still. I will miss them, each and everyone, but there is plans for them to visit again in April, and the coming summer.
The past week I have focused on painting snowflake decorations with my grandchildren, playing “Shark Bite”, baking and decorating sugar cookies for Santa. Times of doing chores and petting newborn lambs. Reading a bedtime story. Many meals to prepare and serve, thankfully my daughter-in-law washed the few dishes as paper plates were used for all meals.
Today is the day to change the focus to the approaching New Year. Plans are being formed and changes have to be made. Some of the changes will be sad ones. Thoughts of new adventures in creating income. Memories of this Christmas to help me keep my chin up as I begin a new and change year.
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Me, Myself and I 
Sounds like it was a beautiful one!
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