Christmas Unwrapped

This year we headed to my mum and dad's for Christmas, I can't ever remember going to their house for Christmas ever never mind all of the family in one place is very hard but as it seems not impossible. Mum had been ringing telling me she had tummy ache for days the stress of her job she said...I don't think so....you see we each have our own reasons for the funny feeling in our tummy's we had before walking from the car over the threshold into mum and dad's house....

• A first Christmas in a strange land (that is hot), with strangers who I hope became friends.
• A meeting of anxiety for past regrets.
• A first Christmas without a father, father-in-law and granddad.
• A 17th Christmas sitting around a table that has one chair missing.
• A Christmas walking into a house first or last or even in the middle with issues and egg shells.
• A Christmas to feed 14 people with the above concerns.

Once the whole gang was there, I am not saying it was without incident and the conversations in the cars going home would have been a treat....especially in our car with two merry A's but the heavy feeling we went with was replaced with a full tummy thanks to the sharing of a meal created by many hands and a lighter load off a few shoulders so until next year when who knows what will be we can mark this years Christmas day  with a tick of success.

love bee x