This year Sean and I decided to lie back and float in the proverbial current of events that flow around the holiday season. For us this came to mean, don’t freak out, over-spend, over-drink or over-plan. It sounds easy right? For those who have never tried this, I highly recommend it. It is way more fun than I can explain.
This year, Christmas was better than I could have hoped for. Mom came to visit and we had a great meal and visit with the Hiltons. Everything seemed especially calm and sweet: the cooking, the shopping, and of-course the excessive movie watching and cookie eating.
The holiday season always brings people that have escaped the paths of our normal life for one reason or another. Because of this, it seems, Mom was treated to the genuine Clio Street experience complete with warm neighbor reunions, homeless men looking for food, impromptu house parties, sudden brawls, and spontaneous drumming lessons and cookie baking with the kids next door. She really took all of this on very calmly. Even though Sean and I (usually) love the roller coaster of events that is endless on our block, we know it is not always amusing to everyone. Here’s to you mom…what a sport!
It was a huge treat to share the Hilton family Christmas with her! It is the opposite of our family’s typical holiday gathering in so many ways, but I never feel out of place or homesick when I am there. This Christmas I was reminded of how lucky I am both to come from such a loving family, and to become a part of Sean’s family. My blessings are abundant.
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...I hadn't read the X-Mas part until just now...Thank You...I Love You!
Sooooo, where's the pic's of the new stuff you've done????? let me see! MOM
You know, the first time we met you (JAQ) was when you came to help me with the Locke/Clark family reunion in December 2003. Sean kept bugging me to hire this girl he knew from the coffee shop to help with the main dinner. It seemed like an ok idea to me (I couldn't figure out what his persistence meant, until Layne said "Oh Mom, he must like her, and thinks she is too good for him, so he wants to show off his extended family to her!) Well, that was pretty smart of Sean, for we must have passed the test. Everybody got to meet you even before they would normally have, and since I was then clued in to the probable plan, thanks to Layne, I was able to fill everyone else in, too! I'll bet you didn't know that! So when I spread the news of your marriage to extended family in far-away places, they know right away who you are, and what a lucky guy (and good planner) Sean is, too!
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