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<blockquote data-quote="ScentofCedar" data-source="post: 96839" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p>What a beautiful posting, GG.</p><p></p><p>I think what makes the holidays so hard is that the expectations being marketed to us are NOT unreal. That IS what it is supposed to feel like to have your children home for the holidays ~ or to have grown children at all, for that matter.</p><p></p><p>It must be as satisfying a feeling as checking our sleeping infants was, when they were tiny babies.</p><p></p><p>That is another feeling that is often used to market some product (usually natural gas or propane ~ something warm and safe).</p><p></p><p>I am not dreading the holidays like I did once, but they don't shine for me, anymore.</p><p></p><p>husband says I should remember my good fortune in having had those wonderful times to remember ~ not mourn because things are different, now.</p><p></p><p>But when I think about the way it used to be, or when I think about the things I had envisioned for the future as my children were growing up....</p><p></p><p>The reality of our situations today never crossed my mind in a million years.</p><p></p><p>Not in a million years.</p><p></p><p>So, for me, and for the others of us who will spend the Holidays celebrating something that is more a wish than a reality, weneed to look at it the way my husband suggests, I think.</p><p></p><p>With gratitude for the wonderful things we had, once.</p><p></p><p>For those of us whose children are still living, there is hope.</p><p></p><p>What a relevant topic to consider as we all go into this season, GG.</p><p></p><p>Your comments about those celebrating their first Holiday season without their children safely at home struck right to the heart.</p><p></p><p>I add my prayer for them to yours.</p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p><p></p><p> <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScentofCedar, post: 96839, member: 3353"] What a beautiful posting, GG. I think what makes the holidays so hard is that the expectations being marketed to us are NOT unreal. That IS what it is supposed to feel like to have your children home for the holidays ~ or to have grown children at all, for that matter. It must be as satisfying a feeling as checking our sleeping infants was, when they were tiny babies. That is another feeling that is often used to market some product (usually natural gas or propane ~ something warm and safe). I am not dreading the holidays like I did once, but they don't shine for me, anymore. husband says I should remember my good fortune in having had those wonderful times to remember ~ not mourn because things are different, now. But when I think about the way it used to be, or when I think about the things I had envisioned for the future as my children were growing up.... The reality of our situations today never crossed my mind in a million years. Not in a million years. So, for me, and for the others of us who will spend the Holidays celebrating something that is more a wish than a reality, weneed to look at it the way my husband suggests, I think. With gratitude for the wonderful things we had, once. For those of us whose children are still living, there is hope. What a relevant topic to consider as we all go into this season, GG. Your comments about those celebrating their first Holiday season without their children safely at home struck right to the heart. I add my prayer for them to yours. Thank you! Barbara :smile: [/QUOTE]
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