In my month of memories, today is about the Tree...as in with a capital T. I tried to find a picture that really looked like our tree, but I couldn't. I think this one is close though. It's been a while. Besides all that, the point is that we had a fake tree because of my brother's allergies, and we had the kind that came in limbs marked in what looked like colored fingernail polish. You matched the colors with corresponding paint marks in the holes. It was my job to organize all the limbs and get it together as far as I could reach. My mom kept that tree for probably 30 years. It ... Read More
Day 2: The Anticipation… :)
I'm talking about my memories this month, sharing a Month of Memories since December is so full of so many traditions. Today is Day 2, and my memory today is of helping mom drag all the decorations from the upstairs storage closet, giddy with anticipation as each box was opened. She probably hated that part. It was, after all, quite the task. The storage closet was a bear to get things in and out of, and then once you did wrangle a giant cardboard box out, you had the curved stairway to contend with. But I couldn't wait. I can still remember what that closet always smelled like. To ... Read More