Merry Christmas!

I'd like to take the time today to wish you all a very merry Christmas this year. Whether you're with your loved one or somewhere else, rest assured that everything will be okay. Christmas, for me, has always been a tradition thing. It's a time when what family we have left goes from my parents house to my grandmothers house for breakfast and presents and more presents and then lunch and cookies and fudge. Lots of cookies and fudge.

We do this every year and have done it every year since I was born. The huge family gatherings we used to have have dwindled to mere immediate family members but the tradition is still there. Every year my mom somehow floods her living room floor with presents, even if she barely had any money. She always wants to get all of us tons and tons of things when we in reality don't need anything, but we've always always always had more than enough and I have appreciated that.

So we all sit there in the morning with A Christmas Story on the TV (more than likely, anyways) waiting for my father to crawl out of his man-cave and creak up the stairs to make himself some coffee and then sit with us so we can all open presents. All the while making hilarious little side comments about everything we've gotten. It wouldn't be a good Christmas without him or his jokes! Then we head to my grandmothers house and do the same thing while we either wait for another turkey dinner or a delicious honey baked ham and this year, some fried chicken....Mmmm.

We never do anything hugely extravagant, but the little things we do are what make the tradition and the difference. I might not be with my fiancée this year like we planned, but we are together in our hearts and I hope he and all of you have the best Christmas yet.

Stay strong and love on!