I think about it a lot. How lucky Megan and I are. For so many reasons. I am grateful because Megan and I...
...are the very best of friends
...can be so goofy together
...support each other in eating healthy
...like the same sweet indulgences
...love decorating for holidays
...got to really be kids. Innocent, sweet, adventurous, imaginative kids.
...will have each other forever
...can be so goofy together
...support each other in eating healthy
...like the same sweet indulgences
...love decorating for holidays
...got to really be kids. Innocent, sweet, adventurous, imaginative kids.
...will have each other forever
Our parents were the bomb at holidays throughout our childhood. Mom handled the details and cute treats and delicious food. Colorful leaves, Aunt Alice's crystal pumpkin, and homemade chili in the fall. Dad would get creative with the cobwebs, ghosts in the trees, and spooky music for Halloween. And he would eventually get the costume boxes down from the rafters or attic. Mom helped finalize our costumes and warned us about dangerous candy (usually Milky Ways...). Christmas was amazing... picking out the tree and hauling it home. Grandpa's train and the little village around the base. The tweeting bird ball thing that drive the cats crazy. Mom's mulled cider and the sweetest treats and amazing magical decorations. It seemed like an endless pile of presents. There were lots of hearts for Valentine's Day, and a sweet present (and themed socks) and card. Sometimes for Valentine's, Dad would surprise all three of us with his own little presents. One year Megan got a cherub necklace and I got dangly heart earrings with bows. Dangly! Easter was unreal, Dad would hide eggs around the house, Mom would cook traditional food and create our baskets (also hidden). And our birthdays were ALWAYS a special day full of treats and celebration.
I'm grateful for the awesome childhood we had. It was full of adventure and memories and fun.
Today, Megan and I had a great day. We slept in late, ate a yummy brunch (thanks to Megan), cleaned our apartment, walked around our neighborhood, watched some college football, went on the roof and soaked in the gorgeous weather and view, and we decorated for fall! Our crystal pumpkins are out, dried Indian corn is on the dining room table, candy corn has been purchased, and the skeleton hand champagne flutes are in the bar. We haven't put the cobwebs up, but I think our parents would be proud. :-)
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ReplyDeleteWe are truly blessed. It ain't luck, sister!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget the roasting of the pumpkin seeds at Halloween; the cookies, milk, and carrot we would leave out for "Santa and Rudolph" on Christmas Eve, the Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinners; SomeCrust, Martinelli's, pineapple for Christmas breakfast; the pots 'n pans + staying up to watch the ball drop in NYC on NYE....how poetically foreshadowing that was and we had no idea; the corned beef & cabbage and mysterious green treats at St. Patrick's Day, parades, BBQs, and maybe a few twizzlers at 4th of July; breakfast in bed for Mother's Day which evolved to Mimi's Cafe tradition; so many more memories to recount. Such fun, fabulous times as a child. That inner child still lives in and drives much of my happiness and outlook on life.
xoxo