This was our first Christmas season without Grandma (my mother-in-law) who passed away in March.
It was also a quiet Christmas for a number of reasons which I won’t enumerate here.
It was sometimes difficult to navigate the season, trying to balance happy memories of how much Grandma loved Christmas, especially decorating, with how painful it was that she wasn’t able to be here with us.
I think each of us had at least one crying jag in the process.
Some things just felt right, though, such as putting the carol singers that she made for us on the cupboard filled with her teacup collection that now sits in our dining room, instead of on the mantel in the living room.
And making her pecan puff recipe.
I am also thankful that last year, our daughter E and her husband L were here celebrating Christmas with us. It was a precious time.
None us knew that that Christmas would be Grandma’s last.
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I wonder if your Grandma decorated for Christmas in heaven. I like to imagine that. I’m imagining her meeting my mom and the two of them decorating together. Couldn’t hurt to imagine that, right?
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That is so sweet, JoAnna. Thank you for the gift of your imagination. Adding my best wishes to yours for your mom and Grandma celebrating in a spectacularly decorated heavenly living room.
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