tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post6616277668036528598..comments2023-04-05T07:00:16.893-07:00Comments on Black Ink Pad: Five Perfect WordsBarb Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076090758278803414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post-51489505637683623522010-12-01T06:43:45.707-08:002010-12-01T06:43:45.707-08:00(i liked laura's comment!)
i have to happily...(i liked laura's comment!) <br /><br />i have to happily say that the upside of not having much money in the past few years since my daughter was born and being a single mom is that i can only do so much. and i appreciate what others do! it's nice because my immediate family has cut back our gift giving...it helps all of us! this year the grandparents are taking the four grandaughters out to dinner and a "show". great for the memories! thank you for your wonderful and truthful post! :)Marina Reedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983816597790493649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705770704945316407.post-30085804092825201232010-11-30T16:24:47.615-08:002010-11-30T16:24:47.615-08:00I had my "no one asked you to" moment th...I had my "no one asked you to" moment the Christmas after Dad died. I was working two jobs, school full time, worrying about Mom, trying, in my 21-year old naivete, to (somehow) "fill the gap" FOR EVERYONE (as if I could). By Christmas Eve, I had helped decorate, cook, clean, all the CRAP that doesn't matter (but desperately hoping it would help)-- by the time I got to the choir loft to sing for midnight mass, I was D.O.N.E... Sat there for the 90 minute service, and couldn't make a peep come out, because every time I tried I started TO cry. So I lip-synched, all the while thinking about the bags of unwrapped gifts that were still waiting for me to wrap BEFORE I could go to bed. I went home, carefully wrapped each gift in a plastic grocery bag & then fell into the best sleep I'd had in months. When it came time to distribute gifts in the morning, I happily lobbed Christmas bombs into everyone's laps & enjoyed my coffee :-)<br /><br />It wasn't my job to DO or BE everything-- once I accepted that fact that I couldn't, the holidays became 100% less stressful.<br /><br />Now all I have to do is to get Steve to embrace that attitude ;-0Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078718864939019266noreply@blogger.com