Right after I shipped gift boxes to my sons I discovered The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell. Shipping a big box of nothing via UPS or USPS would cost less, but would my sons still know their mommy loves them?
Decorated my Christmas tree during odd moments this week, for the first time in two or three years. Haven't felt very Christmassy during the years of tending to my dad. I opened the boxes of my mom's ornaments. Many were decorations I'd made or purchased for her, just as many in my own collection were gifts from Mom. It was a tradition we loved sharing, marking special memories with tree ornaments.
Didn't open the boxes of decorations from my sons' childhoods this time as the tree was already full. That was before the horrors at the week's end. Now I keep thinking of the mothers and grandmothers who won't get to collect tree ornaments marking the milestones of childhoods.
© 2012 Nancy L. Ruder
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I keep thinking of them, too. Thank you, Nancy.
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