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<blockquote data-quote="ML" data-source="post: 216701"><p>The way I will survive them is the way I got through yesterday. Another difficult part of the holidays for us "older" folks is that we have had so many of them and it's hard not to use the past as a measuring stick to the present. There is a strange phenomenon that our minds play ticks on us; that the past, the "happier times" were better than what they actually were. The good ol' days are right now.</p><p></p><p>So yesterday instead of thinking about how I miss my son, how I miss my dad who passed, or feeling bad that my mom spent the day with her stepkids, I kept thanking God for all the good things in my life. I have a great group of moms who GET IT. What a gift you all are to me. I have a good job, granted my boss is a jerk but I will look at the cup as half full. I have my amazing son who teaches me to be a better person, the list goes on.</p><p></p><p>I think most people will understand the inability to receive gifts from us and if they don't, they need to learn. Make it about the pretty lights, the cookies, the friends, our faith and our hope.</p><p></p><p>At least that's what I'm shooting for.</p><p></p><p>Love,</p><p></p><p>ML</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ML, post: 216701"] The way I will survive them is the way I got through yesterday. Another difficult part of the holidays for us "older" folks is that we have had so many of them and it's hard not to use the past as a measuring stick to the present. There is a strange phenomenon that our minds play ticks on us; that the past, the "happier times" were better than what they actually were. The good ol' days are right now. So yesterday instead of thinking about how I miss my son, how I miss my dad who passed, or feeling bad that my mom spent the day with her stepkids, I kept thanking God for all the good things in my life. I have a great group of moms who GET IT. What a gift you all are to me. I have a good job, granted my boss is a jerk but I will look at the cup as half full. I have my amazing son who teaches me to be a better person, the list goes on. I think most people will understand the inability to receive gifts from us and if they don't, they need to learn. Make it about the pretty lights, the cookies, the friends, our faith and our hope. At least that's what I'm shooting for. Love, ML [/QUOTE]
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