Comments on: Glitter Snowflakes

By: Sue Jackson

Sue Jackson — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:58:44 +0000

OH, Kerry, you brought tears to my eyes. Decorating the tree is one of my family’s favorite holiday traditions. Like yours, our ornaments are an assortment of things the kids made when they were younger, ornaments we bought on vacations, and lots of ones from when the kids were babies (my younger son hates that my older son has about a dozen Baby’s First Christmas ornaments – he was the first child born into my extended family since my sister and I!). We love to unwrap each ornament and remember the story behind it.

And the reason for the damp eyes? My older son is 15 and quickly approaching college age. It’s bittersweet to see them grow up, isn’t it?

Hope you enjoy the rest of the holiday season with your daughters.

Sue
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By: Arlene

Arlene — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:40:23 +0000

Dear Kerry,

How beautifully you expressed telling us about your Christmas baby. What a big change it will be for the both of you next year. Seems like yesterday your kids were so young.

So good to see you posting again. Hope it means you are doing a bit better, Was concerned when I saw you hadn’t posted since November. Wondeful to watch the snowflakes fall; at the same time not so much fun for the body.

It snowed in Rocklin for the first time since I have lived here. It was the kind I enjoy-gone the same day.

Love,
Arlene

By: Kerry

Kerry — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:32:06 +0000

Renee and Pat, I feel a kinship of mothers, thank you for sharing.

“It makes them old before their time”–Pat, how well you expressed the experience of children who grow up with a seriously ill parent.

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:14:18 +0000

Oh Kerry
Your post made me cry…it has been many years since we had children here to decorate the tree….or a large tree to decorate! I remember those times very well with joy….the kids hanging ornaments, stringing popcorn, etc.
Thank you so much for sharing this special time with us. For letting us in on your moments of joy and giving us the opportunity to appreciate or remember our own!
Gentle hugs, friend.
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By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:38:21 +0000

Merry Christmas, Kerry.
We had a similar day yesterday and my daughter did a lot of the decorating. We had an added treat with my three year old grandson “helping” with the task. Watching them was fun. We have scaled back on decorating through the years but the ornaments are key to our memories.
Reading your story brought tears to my eyes so I am a year ahead of you. It is wonderful to see your children grow and move on to the next phase of their lives. At the same time it reminds us of what we have lost and what price they have paid for our illnesses. It makes them old before their time and robs them of the carefree years of youth. But aren’t they grand kids who stand by us and make us proud? We must have done something right as mothers and that makes us smile.
Wishing you and your family a happy and peace filled Christmas season.