Made it through Thanksgiving and Mom's Birthday

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Not sure how exactly, but we did.

I have never made the entire Thanksgiving dinner, until now. I did pretty good, even on the age old family tradition of homemade noodles! It was sad and different without mom. Even more so, my brother decided to go out of town to our step sisters for the holiday and my stepdad wanted to lay low and not come over.


We had my husbands dad and aunt over, since his mom passed just barely 5 weeks after mom. (Sept 23/Oct 24). (she had esophageal cancer)

My oldest son was a HUGE help!!! (21) We pulled it off together.

Later I took my Mimi a plate, moms mother, she is 85 and in a nursing home, onery as a snake, she will out live us all! I had a panic attack of sorts on the way to see her, she forgets that mom has passed. It was an emotional visit as she realized once again that her 3 kids were all gone.....

Saturday would have been mom's 67th birthday. Me, my husband and stepdad went done to one of her favorite spots, a resteraunt on the lake and released balloons for her birthday. Bitter sweet.

So, the tree is up and we will hold our breath for a few weeks and do it all over.

Hope everyone got through the holiday weekend, my best to you all, be good to yourselves.

Elysia

Soccerfreaks.......loved your posts of your "event"!

deb_needhope

The Holidays!
Hi Elysia, I know it's hard.. Glad you made it through Thanksgiving and your mom's birthday. My sister and I and our husbands and kids all headed up to my Mom's and made Thanksgiving dinner up there.. We toasted her before we ate and visited the cemetary that day.

The weekend after Thanksgiving (this weekend) I usually have my whole house decorated inside and out.. I found myself very sad today. My husband put up the tree, then I felt a bit better in the afternoon and the all of us (my husband, daughter 13 and son 11) decorated it. She loved the holidays and I miss her soo much..

Tomorrow I head back to work.. It's been two weeks.. I still can't believe that I'll never see her again.. but I'm hoping that she's at peace and in a better place.. Take everything day by day.. Take Care of yourself.. Deb.

Glenna M

Deb and Elysia
Happy to hear that you both made it through Thanksgiving and were able to try to keep with your holiday traditions.

Hoping you will have an even better Christmas.

Just remember that your mothers are smiling down on you and will always be watching over you.

Stay strong,
Glenna