Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Breaking Holiday Bread with the Ex...
Photo: Michal and the 'Ex'.
Thirty-eight years ago we went our separate ways. In order to get all three of our children here (at my house) for Xmas, it became necessary to invite their mother ... so that she wouldn't have to spend Christmas alone. As it turned out, the friction between her and the younger daughter was so intense that early Xmas Eve and most of Christmas Day were quite stress-ridden. There were a couple other 'un-natural acts' that worked to the detriment of the Day: Oldest daughter did not get here till 1:00 pm on Xmas Day and we had to wait gift opening for her .... and then we stalled additionally for grandson Allie and his Mom and her boyfriend who were supposed to be here by 1:30 and didn't show up till about 3:00. So when gift opening finally happened, I was into the finishing stages of Christmas Dinner for thirteen and didn't really get to enjoy what was going on.
There were some high points - such as ClearCreekGirl and Jessica singing a wad of carols to entertain and delight Erin and I (late Xmas Eve). However, the overall event leads me to wish for a more abbreviated version in the future. No 'Ex'. No boyfriends of my grandson's mother. No waiting for people who mindlessly keep a group of others waiting for an hour and offer no apologies whatsoever.
I enjoyed grand-daughter Michal and she was a workhorse cleaning up dirty dishes for a couple days. Daughter Kelly is our last remaining guest and will be here for several more days (till next sunday morning) .... and we always thoroughly enjoy time with her.
Thirty-eight years ago we went our separate ways. In order to get all three of our children here (at my house) for Xmas, it became necessary to invite their mother ... so that she wouldn't have to spend Christmas alone. As it turned out, the friction between her and the younger daughter was so intense that early Xmas Eve and most of Christmas Day were quite stress-ridden. There were a couple other 'un-natural acts' that worked to the detriment of the Day: Oldest daughter did not get here till 1:00 pm on Xmas Day and we had to wait gift opening for her .... and then we stalled additionally for grandson Allie and his Mom and her boyfriend who were supposed to be here by 1:30 and didn't show up till about 3:00. So when gift opening finally happened, I was into the finishing stages of Christmas Dinner for thirteen and didn't really get to enjoy what was going on.
There were some high points - such as ClearCreekGirl and Jessica singing a wad of carols to entertain and delight Erin and I (late Xmas Eve). However, the overall event leads me to wish for a more abbreviated version in the future. No 'Ex'. No boyfriends of my grandson's mother. No waiting for people who mindlessly keep a group of others waiting for an hour and offer no apologies whatsoever.
I enjoyed grand-daughter Michal and she was a workhorse cleaning up dirty dishes for a couple days. Daughter Kelly is our last remaining guest and will be here for several more days (till next sunday morning) .... and we always thoroughly enjoy time with her.
# posted by Clear Creek Girl : 2:46 PM
