What happened to Christmas? and all those hours I spent getting ready? and the carols, and the ridiculously sappy Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel? and the wonderfully full house stocked with grandchildren and children who live in other states, their presents and their laughter and their dirty socks?
In a clique: come and gone.
The tree is down, and the ornaments are packed up for another year. The freezer is (almost) empty of goodies. Most of my soap was purchased for the holidays. And what is left, what is always left, are memories--family growing, sharing, loving, and parting until next time. What is left is the next day and the next.
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