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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 461896" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>We had to do this the first year that our son (the one adopted from Hong Kong) got married and decided t hat we are no longer his family. He had been a big part of our holidays before that and we always had them at his house because he had a huge home and seemed to like being the host. Suddenly, we had to redo everything.</p><p>What I did was try to put "holiday" in perspective. It is just another day. Often it's a sad day (I told myself I am not alone, that anyone experiencing family problems will be feeling the same emptiness). I decided to concentrate hard on my sweet husband the children I have that love me...and give them a great holiday because they deserve one. We managed and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be. In fact, it was less stressful because he had been more formal than the rest of us and we could just let our hair down and be ourselves. </p><p>Five years have gone by and holidays are a lot of fun. That first one is hard, but there ARE ways. (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 461896, member: 1550"] We had to do this the first year that our son (the one adopted from Hong Kong) got married and decided t hat we are no longer his family. He had been a big part of our holidays before that and we always had them at his house because he had a huge home and seemed to like being the host. Suddenly, we had to redo everything. What I did was try to put "holiday" in perspective. It is just another day. Often it's a sad day (I told myself I am not alone, that anyone experiencing family problems will be feeling the same emptiness). I decided to concentrate hard on my sweet husband the children I have that love me...and give them a great holiday because they deserve one. We managed and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be. In fact, it was less stressful because he had been more formal than the rest of us and we could just let our hair down and be ourselves. Five years have gone by and holidays are a lot of fun. That first one is hard, but there ARE ways. (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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