Best Christmas Ever!!!!!!!!

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Dawn

Your post left me breathless lol! You're excitement and joyfulness

bursts through and how wonderful it is to have such a caring and

loving family like you have!

Your tree sounds absolutely gorgeous and I understand what your

ornaments mean to you. I look at my tree and see memories of

childhood, anniversaries, my little girl and friendships past and

present. All the other decorations are just fillers and I hardly see

them when I look at the tree.

I would absolutely love to see your moms village arrangement, mine

sounds so small compared to that BUT afterall I just started mine

this year and will probably spend the rest of the year looking for

pieces to add on to it LOL. I plan on leaving this one up for the

entire Winter season because it isnt all Christmas decoration (lol).

I think that you have the right idea for a New Years resolution

Dawn...keeping love vibrant in our families all year through,

remembering them with special little gifts year in and out,

remembering that they are our family for better or worse and

accepting them not just during the holiday season. Not only that but

maybe being a bit more tolerant of strangers on the street, allowing

the extra minute to do an act of kindness, a smile to the frazzled

cashier who has had the last nerve stomped on repetitively...little

things like that not only give a stranger a lift but you will be

surpirsed how good it makes you feel as well.

Ok, off of my soapbox now lol...

I do wish each and every person on here the brightest blessings of

the New Year, less painful days, more sunny days and peaceful nights

of slumber!

Blessings

Donna

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Donna,

You could not have said things any better for me! You understand exactly how I am feeling right now. Just because my family spends lots of money on gifts, does not mean that the real feeling and true meaning of Christmas passes us by! My Mom has been a little upset, because her friends and there children do not do for them, what my sister and I do for my Mom! I think it is sad that they get jealous, because I choose to spend my money on my Mom, and will be paying for it until next year. I do it because once a year I get to really show how I feel and really show my appreciation for all that my Mom does for me every single day!!!! If that is a crime than so be it and I am Guilty!!!!!! I would give everyone in this group an incredible Christmas if I could!! This is how important this day is to me!!! I love it and it puts my mind in focas for the rest of the year! My Moms very good friend lost her brother in law on Christmas Eve

Morning. His wife is paralyzed in bed with MS. She is the one that found him and had to call someone to help. She cannot get out of bed on her own, so she had to stay in bed with the body until someone could come and remove him! I hope you all understand why I feel like I do during the Holidays! We do not know how long we have and should enjoy the time we do have.

Yes I am spoiled and love it, but also know what it is to be poor and not to have anything and fight to pay my bills. I also believe that you must live for today and that things have a way of working themselves out! My plan for the New Year is to save every penny I get and try to have a good financial future! I really want to be able to somehow purchase my home and know the only way I can do that is to save my pennies! I am also going to stay as happy as I can and enjoy my life. I am tired of being sick and depressed and even though I will not ever have my old life back, I am willing to start a new life around my illnesses and learn to live with them. Today I did not wake up until almost 2pm, because I was so exhausted from yesterday, but that is the chance I take from having a great day!!! Well Donna and everyone, I do not know if I made any sense to all of you, but know how much I enjoy these Holidays and how much they mean to me

personally! I really do hope that you have all enjoyed Christmas and I wish all of you even a better New Year!

Donna as far as the Christmas Village goes, it is beautiful and again tonight I went into the room and just stared at it for a while! I know that yours is gorgeous also and it took us three years to get it where it is now so do not worry if it is not exactly perfect! I feel the best part of it, is putting it together and building on it. Yesterday was the first time that we both looked at it and said Wow it really looks like a town where people are celebrating. It is wonderful to use your imagination when looking at the Village! I will take some photos with my new camera and once I figure out how to download I will send some to you to see! I know that my sister cannot wait to see it, because she has no clue what this Village looks like! She collects Snow Babies and has many all around her house! I collect the Boydes Bears and I have no idea where I will be putting them, because I am running out of room in my curios! I might even need

a bigger house! (ha, ha!)

Well have a great night and hope you had a Great Christmas!!! Best Wishes and LOL Always!

Dawn

Donna wrote:

DawnYour post left me breathless lol! You're excitement and joyfulness bursts through and how wonderful it is to have such a caring and loving family like you have!Your tree sounds absolutely gorgeous and I understand what your ornaments mean to you. I look at my tree and see memories of childhood, anniversaries, my little girl and friendships past and present. All the other decorations are just fillers and I hardly see them when I look at the tree.I would absolutely love to see your moms village arrangement, mine sounds so small compared to that BUT afterall I just started mine this year and will probably spend the rest of the year looking for pieces to add on to it LOL. I plan on leaving this one up for the entire Winter

season because it isnt all Christmas decoration (lol).I think that you have the right idea for a New Years resolution Dawn...keeping love vibrant in our families all year through, remembering them with special little gifts year in and out, remembering that they are our family for better or worse and accepting them not just during the holiday season. Not only that but maybe being a bit more tolerant of strangers on the street, allowing the extra minute to do an act of kindness, a smile to the frazzled cashier who has had the last nerve stomped on repetitively...little things like that not only give a stranger a lift but you will be surpirsed how good it makes you feel as well.Ok, off of my soapbox now lol...I do wish each and every person on here the brightest blessings of the New Year, less painful days, more sunny days and peaceful nights of slumber!BlessingsDonnaCommunity email

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Dawn,

It certainly sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas..

The presents sound wonderful, however, the love in your family comes through loud and clear!!

Wishing you a wonderful New Year, too!

Hugs,

Jo

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Jo,

Thanks so much for the Christmas and New Years wishes! I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and really got to enjoy that gorgeous grandchild of yours! I bet it was so much fun watching him with his gifts and seeing his facial expressions! That is the best part and is so much fun to watch! I love children at Christmas and my sister had her Godchild there Christmas night and said they were the most adorable part of Christmas!!! All she could do was laugh and smile when she was around them and she has never been a person that can tolerate children, so that was good to know.

I am paying for everything today, because my back is out and the pain is unbearable! It is in my lower back and is running down both legs, but especially the left!!! I think I am going to take another pain killer to see if I can get this to settle down just a bit.

Well I hope all is well and wish you and your family the Happiest of New Years! I hope for less pain and even a cure for RSD! LOL and Best Wishes Always!!!

Dawn

jomal1@... wrote:

Dawn,

It certainly sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas..

The presents sound wonderful, however, the love in your family comes through loud and clear!!

Wishing you a wonderful New Year, too!

Hugs,

Jo