And I'm not considering the black thing under the tree a present!
Some of my favorite ornaments are the homemade ones: Karlee in Nursery & Garet in Kindergarten.
Mom made each of us stockings & we love hanging them each year. I picked my design out while I was still a teenager. My stocking has white rabbits on it. (Me the animal lover.) Then Jeff joined the family. It didn't take very long until he had a stocking. The trend then follows with Karlee & Garet. Mom chose Karlee's design - an angel. Hers is very unique because Mom made most stockings with the red & green theme, but Karlee's is pink. A few years later Garet got a green stocking with Santa Claus on it.
As I look around my home I see so much of Mom, not just at Christmas time, but all year long. I have things mom made for us, things she helped me pick out, things she gave us, and things we got when she passed away. She was a very talented & generous lady, and her love & charity is in my home. It is amazing the profound influence my mom had (& still has) on my life. I am who I am because of her. Thank you, Mom & Merry Christmas. I miss you.
That is a very sweet post. How hard to be without your mom on the holidays. Makes me want to be a better mom so my kids can say nice things about me when I'm gone! Good job for putting homemade ornaments on the tree. Another example of why I'm not a good mom, I didn't let them put them on! Maybe I need to get them out and put them on even though they don't match!!
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