I looked at this tree a lot while over Christmas vacation and all of it's kissing balls lovingly made by my grandmother for all her family and friends. All the work that goes into making these for a woman of 94 years on oxygen -- wow, lots of love! This isn't even 1/3 of what she made; I took the photo after Christmas when everyone had already grabbed their new one.
But as for my trip, it was fairly smooth other than we had some major things happen that tilted the family, ie: two deaths three days before Christmas, and a cousin paralyzed also three days before Christmas. None of these events happened together, but all on the same day. My cousin is a young mother; long story short, her little girl needs her mommy to walk and help pay the bills. My cousin is a nurse in a prison and got hurt while trying to rescue another nurse (who just happened to be pregnant, meaning more weight than a normal person, and my cousin is petite). During a prison riot she was in a golf cart trying to pull the other woman into it to get to safety, and she, my cousin, got pulled out and hit the ground got hurt. Now she is in a lot of pain and can't walk; any prayers for her would be greatly appreciated.
Those kissing balls are wonderful treasures! Your Grandmother is very talented. Thanks for sharing your Christmas. It was very prepared of you to have the blogposts auto-published.
ReplyDeleteWow Sunshine! What terribly sad events. I cannot imagine what pain you are going through.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter-in-law got hit by a piece of debris that bounced off a truck in front of her on the interstate just before Christmas one year. It was a blessing, because my son had the days off. He spent the time by her side, her mom drove down to watch the kids. I flew in the 2nd of January and stayed 2 weeks.
But in my case she didn't suffer any side effects and is fine all these years later.
May the Comforter be with you at this time and always.
God Bless
~a