Hanging ornaments on tree.
16yo son has severe menstrual cramps.
You want to let me do this?
I wanted to help.
How about you take some Pamprin, hang your ornament, and I hang everything else including the ones with your Dead Name that (dead) grandmom gave you.
"Thanks."
I cannot be trusted with action figures.
#Christmas
#Ornament
#LivesInTheOrnamentBox
My hope for everyone who does a #Christmas tree is to be so well-loved and live such a life that when time comes to decorate the tree you have to assign ornaments to next year, because there are so many gifted with love.
Decorating the tree is like a trip into the past every year.
I do appreciate that some households put up new decorations every year. I am glad it works for them.
That's not how my family has worked, though.
Every ornament I pull out of the box has a memory of a time attached to it.
Once a year I get to spin through time over the course of an hour that feels like 50 years.
Some were shit.
Some were wonderful.
They made me.
#Christmas
#Ornaments
#Tree
@Shelter That sounds wonderful - I had done something similar with decor from my childhood and before I was born. Then we had a massive flood in 1997 and my house and my parents house were flooded and we lost them. I started over and it's very nice and fun but I remember many of those ornaments and wish they were still with me. 💜
@UmbaSaffire
If you have photos and your memory they still are.
And now you get to build new.
I know this sounds like nonsense, but my mom was a hoarder and so much was destroyed through neglect and like, squirrels in the house and shit.
@UmbaSaffire
Print those photos and make ornaments from them.
I'm not kidding.
@Shelter What a wonderful idea - thank you - I never thought of doing that!🙏 💜
@Shelter I do - many photos and the memories are strong - my mom made Christmas a very magical time, a lot of tradition there. Thanks for this lovely soulful post.🙏