It Is Such A Relief When It Ends..................

Yesterday, I took down the Christmas Tree and all of the beautiful decorations that I had all over the house. It took all day to carefully wrap my treasured Santa Claus collection. There are many, and the children loved them. My daughter-in-law said that my house looked like Santa's Workshop My beautiful wreaths were all place in their special container, being careful not to crush them.

It seems like such a let down, when a couple of weeks before I was running all over to pick just the right gifts for my loved ones. I was busily trying to accommodate and entertain my out of town guests who were visiting for the Holidays! I was trying to remember who to pick up last minute gifts for and also thinking about how to plan when to serve Christmas dinner. Do we eat Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day? We decided that it was best to have my daughter and her two children, plus an invited friend, to join us on Christmas Eve and spend the night so that we could have Christmas morning together and the children would all be there to open their presents. Oh, how wonderful that was for me. I have not spent Christmas with both of my children together in over 10 years. The emotions were running high for me. I don't think they really understood how it made me feel to be surrounded by the people I love the most!

The weather here in Florida was absolutely gorgeous and still is. The Children, grandchildren and guest are gone and home safely doing their routines and living their lives. And as I contemplate all that took place over the last few weeks, all of the hustle and bustle, all of the adrenalin mustered to stay energized and as I look over my house neatly back the way it used to be, I am so happy to get my life back to normal. I love to see The Holiday Season come, however it is such a relief when it ends!!!