tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post7275895168405455979..comments2009-12-25T19:31:29.411-05:00Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07840515813374990142noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-29270583918457323682009-12-25T19:31:29.411-05:002009-12-25T19:31:29.411-05:00What a touching story, and what beautiful memories. Thanks for sharing this. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and got to relive some special memories while making new ones.Adventures In Chinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122579580022107050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-43088668497818879052009-12-24T03:08:32.371-05:002009-12-24T03:08:32.371-05:00This is beautiful. And it really captures that mixed up sense of longing I&#39;m feeling over this holiday season.Princess Pointfulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911296163218358167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-56603913780610691352009-12-23T10:14:36.416-05:002009-12-23T10:14:36.416-05:00That is a beautiful post, Mandy. It definitely resonated with me. I am excited for Christmas, but if I completely honest, this season I have been nostalgic about times when things were just a little bit simpler. I experienced less stress and didn&#39;t feel like I was letting people down. Don&#39;t get me wrong, I am still excited for Christmas this year, I am just still trying to figure out how to get everything done and still feel good about myself &amp; what I accomplished at the end of the day. It&#39;s a balancing act, and one I know I will eventually get down.<br /><br />This will be our first Christmas without my Grandpa. I was SO SO SO close to him, so it is really sad to not have him with us. I am worried about how my grandma will do, but I know she will have alot of us around her, helping her get through it. It&#39;s just hard when someone was sort of &#39;larger than life&#39; if you know what i mean (probably similar to your great grandma). I know I am so blessed to have had so many wonderful Christmases with him, though, so I need to think of that instead of dwelling on the fact that he isn&#39;t here. <br /><br />Have a wonderful Christmas, my dear!Lisa from Lisa's Yarnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335500882510597919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-41645609693750181812009-12-23T09:45:39.820-05:002009-12-23T09:45:39.820-05:00Have a wonderful holiday!Little Fishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18310802293907380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-65041663602069276202009-12-22T23:40:15.256-05:002009-12-22T23:40:15.256-05:00I love this, Mandy. Gorgeous and heart-warming. Makes me long for my own family, even though I was just with them.<br /><br />---Amy---Just A TitchAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08244460468432716220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-74677979838065349332009-12-22T21:54:59.264-05:002009-12-22T21:54:59.264-05:00I love your posts anyhow but your memories of Christmas always make me swoon and think of my holiday memories too.Bayjbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09544971638369054902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-35499614019297670192009-12-22T11:50:40.094-05:002009-12-22T11:50:40.094-05:00I love how we all have Christmas memories. Even this Jew has Christmas memories (we celebrated with the same family from the time I was in kindergarten through college - my parents still celebrate with them... 30 years!).SoMi's Nilsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474642034399063234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-69230743122031154832009-12-22T10:38:50.000-05:002009-12-22T10:38:50.000-05:00I love your Christmas memories, it sounds like you had such an idyllic season as a kid!<br /><br />We have a tiny family, no kids other that my sister and I, so we don&#39;t have that big family feeling. But I&#39;m getting excited for Mister and I to have kidlets in the next few years so we can give them big old fashioned Christmases =)Kyla Romahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15522259960482023707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-33406567751251218182009-12-22T10:19:52.890-05:002009-12-22T10:19:52.890-05:00as usual, i felt like i was right there with you in your writing. <br /><br />oh mandy, always such a visual writer-love it! <br /><br />christmas is so special. just like you!amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03788339783098779038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803328.post-54377189714266167212009-12-22T09:41:25.793-05:002009-12-22T09:41:25.793-05:00As Always Mandy! you have brought a piece of your heart for all to share, gave me a little tear and all sitting here reading it! Merry Christmas!!jnyfritzhttp://jnyfritz.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com