Our favorite time to be together as a family, this year, was no different, but then it was..... I know you are wondering, "What the heck is she saying....???" We had our fun getting the tree, and pulling out the decorations which contained ornaments collected over many years of the kids growing up. In my head I kept thinking, this could be Bobby's last Christmas living in the house and decorating the tree as a family... He will be 18 in one week from today and following not long after, he will graduate and start his internship. As we pulled out the ornaments, normally my job, and seperated them in piles for each kid, it was at this moment one of the kids asked, "Hey mom, do we get to take these with us when we move out?" Hurting but also knowing deep down that it was inevitable, I replied, "Yes, each one of you get to take your own ornaments when you move out." "Mom, what will you and dad do for ornaments?" With a smile plastered, knowing change was coming, "Well, we have a container of our ornamanets we collected as young kids that we will start putting on our tree again." It was funny to see their face, as they asked more questions about these mystery ornaments they hadn't seen or couldn't remember seeing. The season of change is not just about trees with changing leaves or snow on the ground, but also about families growing up and out. A hard thought to process, but when it comes down to it we always have our memories of traditions build as family and new ones to come.
Remember always, Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Merry Christmas!!
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