It was a glorious, rainy weekend in Texas.

Christmas decorations twinkled in the drizzle

and

my days were filled with love and excitement for the holiday season.

On Saturday, we joined Matilda for The Nutcracker.

The Nutcracker was a puppet show at Dallas Children’s Theater.

Matilda met the puppets after the show.

and then posed at Snoopy’s dog house.

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Since I have been home from France, I have been thinking about my Mother. A lot.

She was one of the most wonderful women I have ever known

and

I wonder, am I doing this parent & Grandmother thing OK?

How would she have liked being a Great- Gran?

The Christmas holidays have come to me,

filled with smiles and old memories.

Goodness, I love this time of year.

My Larry and I love watching Matilda experience this thing called Christmas.

We love knowing that Lauren and Josh are healthy and living their wonderful country life.

We also smile for our sweet Jamison Louise.

In life, we all must make choices. Some are easy ones and some more difficult.

I find myself in awe of Jami.

She has NEVER done anything the easy way

but she seems to manage just fine.

No matter how you feel about the holidays, please know that we all struggle.

May God Bless you during this holiday season.

Love you.

Me