I am not going to pretend I understand the idea and fasicantion with February 14th.
People idoilze a day that someone deemed an important day to shower your “loved” ones with expensive gifts. Those gifts somehow symolize the love you have for each other?
Everything is nearly set on the night before Christmas. We have one gift that needs to be wrapped and placed under the tree.
Christmas looked different this year. To make this holiday feel as normal as possible, I took traditions from our extended families and brought them to our house.
We had warm ham sliders on King Hawaiian rolls. A crowd favorite that my children love and missed this year.
On your birthday, I am reminded of all the wonderful times we had together.
Some of my favorite memories and life lessons of you are as follows.
You were an entrepreneur before entrepreneurship became known. You were talented beyond belief. There was nothing you could not conquer. You also were never afraid to try new things.
A few of the adventures you I can remember.
This is the first year in many years that I was excited about the elf on the shelf.
This is how my life goes. It never fails at the beginning of the month. I am excited, ready to go. A few days in, I forget to move the darn things. Which starts the downward spiral. I end up stressing myself out, becoming resentful over an activity that should be fun and joyful.
It began years ago with a mom who was overachieving and clueless about what she was getting into.
Our children were perceptive to the things they wanted to pay attention to. Early on, they recognized that “Santa’s” handwriting matched mom’s all too closely. I tapped into my creative spirit and came up with this wonderful idea.
