Holidays

Valentine’s Day 2023

I told Adam not to get me anything special to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year. I meant it. My reasons for saying that was because at this point in our lives we did’t need to spend any extra cash if we could help it and also I still had chocolate from Christmas and honestly, IContinue reading “Valentine’s Day 2023”

The Christmas Tree Story

It’s Christmas time and I’ve been wanting to write this post for a couple of years now. So now that it is once again Christmas this seems like a good time to write The Christmas Tree Story. My aunt, for years, like literally 25 years, has been making us — her extended family — handmadeContinue reading “The Christmas Tree Story”

Easter Memories

Easter. I love Easter. It’s in the Springtime, when the world feels fresh, alive, new, colorful, hopeful. When I was younger my cousin and I would dress up in matching Easter outfits. 🙂 I love the preparation, Holy Week, between Palm Sunday and Easter. I love the spiritual significance of the season. It feels weighty,Continue reading “Easter Memories”

Valentine’s Day II

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, my first major/minor holiday with out my dad. It was hard in a way. I did follow through with my intentions of giving dad a flower, a little card and taking it to the cemetery. My husband and I bought a bunch of flowers for my mom and I took oneContinue reading “Valentine’s Day II”

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day was my dad’s favorite holiday. He would buy each of his family members, his wife, his kids and his grandkids — even down to the littlest one, a dollar store card and some sort of candy; Conversation Hearts, or a heart-shaped sucker or two, or Smartees, or the like. It was always reallyContinue reading “Valentine’s Day”