Encouraging words, from one Mom who found Christmas hard to bear
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.– Rumi
I have to admit that I never have been a “Christmas person“. Oh, maybe when I was a girl I loved Christmas, but as a young mom, there was always so much stress.
There were family obligations to juggle, the house to decorate, meals to plan and execute and, of course, gifts to buy. My husband and I married and had children while we were still quite young. We lived on a very tight budget. It was not easy to find the money to buy presents for three little boys, our parents and each other, even though I put aside a little bit every week into a Christmas fund. Somehow we managed, but every year, it was difficult to pull all the pieces together.
As my kids got older and left the house and money…
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Grace & Grit 
Thank you so much for the reblog!
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