Last night Brooke posted on Facebook about Christmas. Current and the last two years. Something to the tune of....as hard as she tries to have a good spirit about the holiday all she can think about is her losses.
Out of the four of us Brooke has had the second greatest loss. The breakup of our family happened at a precarious time for her. And her new life still hasn't come together yet. Of course it doesn't help that the ex has not made being connected to her a priority but still dangles the golden ring to her.
So we are in this weird place of old traditions and finding new ones. Chinese food on Christmas eve won't happen this year because she has to work. Maybe we will have Chinese food for lunch. And maybe we will have Christmas dinner with another family...where there is no turkey. Or maybe I'll cook our traditional dinner for very early lunch so we can still have prime rib for dinner. We will be going to the movies to see les mis...it just might have to be a later showing.
So here we are still floundering some with letting go of the old and embracing the new.
At least we have each other.
Dance on people.
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