It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Somebody please tell me that they have enjoyable holidays with their parents, because that is sorely lacking in my quiet little life.
It was the worst of times, consistent criticisms and rudeness from my mother, no food in my parent's house for my kids, not even milk.
It was the best of times, my 11 y/o son and I got to spend time with my beloved Uncle Bud and listen to him share about his experiences as a Tank infantryman in World War 2.
It was the saddest of times, visiting my brother's grave, rubbing my hands across his grave marker instead of being able to hold him and hug him.
It was the most cherished of times, when we got home and could relax as a family, and share our tradition of watching Dickens' A Christmas Carol, to help get us in the holiday spirit.
And how was your Thanksgiving weekend? The best of times or ????
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it was great.. mainly the time off was awesome.. but at this point i think that i'm glad everything is back to normal.. at least for a while!!!
Mine was the best of, but then we stayed home with just us, so it couldn't help but be good.
I watched A Christmas Carol too. We wanted to watch both versions back to back but thought we'd be too idiotic if we did. :)
It was the best of times and the worst.... the week end found the entire household home and relaxing. That was fantastic.
I am so sorry about the worst of times. Odd that there was no food...?
And no matter how grown up we are, criticism from a mom still hurts. As does a holiday visit to a grave.
{{{Martha}}}
Hugs to you Martha. I can soooo relate to the joys of your own nuclear family comfort and traditions.
I am going to email you.
Glad to hear you had a great time we did as well. I also have a suprise for you you won on my blog Annies Home be watching for email from shopannies@Yahoo.com
Don't beat yourself up, families are like that! Have a hug from a cold and wet London.
Ours was quiet. We opted to cook dinner for two and saw no family all weekend. No family drama, no snide remarks just a nice time spent with each other.
I always thought Thanksgiving was a great holiday to have (one we don't have here in the UK). I guess they don't always go smoothly. Hope you were able to relax when you got home to make up for the worst of ... :)
Mine was wonderful. Sorry for the heartaches and inconveniences you had but glad you are back home and relaxing with your family *hugs*
I have a good enough time with my husband's parents, and if my dad were still alive, I would enjoy time with him. My mom, however, is a complainer. Fortunately, I am mostly able to ignore her remarks. I'm sorry your holidays were difficult and sad. I'm glad you were able to have the good times too.
We had a nice, peaceful Thanksgiving, because we avoided family, except our own little unit.
I'm sorry about your parents, Martha. Now that I am a parent myself, I find it even more difficult to understand how mothers can act that way. What a neat conversation with your uncle, though!
We are far away from family, but we did spend a wonderful thanksgiving with friends. Some people are so kind!
so sorry it wasn't the best of holidays; sad to hear of your mom's criticisms and rudeness and not having food for your kids. I'm glad you got to spend time with your uncle thoughand he could share experiences with your son from the war.
you can definitely take away from this experience how you want to be when you have grown children who come home for the holidays with your grandchildren and how you will do things differently. Sadly you probably won't see change in your mom, but you can make sure your kids have a much better experience when they are grown and on their own.
betty
THe weekend was lovely... the time spent on Thanksgiving day not great... thinking of escaping on vacation next year... hmmm
Ahh yes mothers... they can drive us crazy can't they.
So glad you got to spend some wonderful time with your family at the end of the weekend.
Reading about your brother made me sad.... sending a hug your way
We had a good time at my in-laws and my brother's houses on Thursday and Friday. I opted out of drama at my MIL & chose to be the calming but not obnoxious influence. The feast at my brother's was also relaxed, even though my 20 year old didn't show up until we'd just finished and my oldest and his wife and babies didn't show up until we were almost leaving. My DIL's family had enough drama for all & I got to hear about it, lucky me.
Looking forward to Christmas...where are the drugs?
Happy Families? A myth if ever there was one. There is so much pressure put on families at this time of year that something/someone is bound to snap.
Which version of A Christmas Carol do you watch?
My Thanksgiving was just...eh! It's okay though..Christmas is looking bright!
This is to Martha before I get lost to find a place to send a comment.
The Thanksgiving Day was fun. I made a posting with installments.Starts at RARE OPPORTUNITY it is in the "Nature's Beauties"
http://wwwbluebird26.blogspot.com
It was not a mood of thankfulness.
Times are very hard to be...well i try.
Can't wait for christmas to come and go.
(((Hugs)))
I hear ya. We went to my in laws ALL day. Thanksgiving was just 2 weeks after the suicide of my mother in law's father. So you can only imagine the grief and stress that everyone is still carrying around. I pretty much just sat and watched tv and knitted for a good 9 hours that day. Which was fine with me. Very relaxing. But I just felt bad for everyone, but there was nothing I could do. I realized I was more help staying out of my mother in law's way.
I've had both... Best and worst. Although in all honesty, all of the worsts were when my MIL was alive. Since she's been gone it's only been the Best. Kind of sad that one person can create such chaos at the hoidays...
Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry. What a freaking nightmare.
Sometimes you have to grit your teeth at the bad points because you know the good points will make it all worth while :) Keep smiling.
I watched A Christmas Carol too. We wanted to watch both versions back to back but thought we'd be too idiotic if we did
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