Holidays and the Grown Children

It's that time of year again, the Holidays are just around the corner, and the stores already have all decked their halls with all sorts of cool Christmas decorations, and gifts for all our loved ones, and friends. There are lights, and trees, and ornaments, and all sorts of awesome Christmas goodies. Everyone is getting excited as the Holiday Season fills the air. I have always loved the Holidays. The decorations, and lights, all the yummy pies, and candies, and turkey, and stuffing, and so much food that our tummy's ached when we were done eating. This is when families all get together, and spend time with each other. We always enjoyed our kids coming over after they were grown up, it was the one time of the year we knew we would all be together at the same time.

Over the years the kids have gotten much older, they are now grown and having kids of their own. Everyone coming together is not as common as it used to be, and many of the kids have moved away, or gone off to other Countries for a year or so, we ourselves have even moved away from the two left in Indiana. Now for the first time ever, our entire family is scattered around the world for all the Holidays, and for the first time in almost 20 years, I will not be with all of my children for the Holidays, and that is the hardest part of moving away. I did some early shopping the other day for Thanksgiving, and found myself putting 5 cans of cranberry sauce in the shopping cart! Sometimes I forget I am so far away from all my kids, and act as though the Holidays will be as they always have been, with lots of food, and family.

Do you have grown children that you will not be with this Holiday Season? Perhaps you could do a little something to make it a little easier on both you and your children. Here are a few ideas that I have come up with. Set up a time to call and talk to everyone on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Make a special gift for your children that they can look at every day and think of you. Make videos to send for Christmas. Take lots of pictures to send. Write a short poem.

These are just a few ideas to get you started. Put your thinking cap on, and I bet you can come up with all sorts of ideas that will touch your grown children's hearts. Always remember to let them know how much they mean to you, and how much you love and miss them, they are missing you too!