Just the Two of Us Again - November Edition

The time will come when we all will get a phone call from one of our kids saying they won't be able to come home for the holidays. This is something we all need to prepare ourselves for. How we respond can set the tone for our relationship with our adult kids for many years to come. If we can be unselfish and if we can be flexible, then we will be helping our adult children and their spouses have a less stressful holiday themselves.

We received that call today. We were prepared though, and said "It's ok. We understand."

The result? Our four kids are planning a family reunion the week after Christmas and have asked us to not mail their presents. They are all driving in from their various locales and want to celebrate Christmas as a family with us just a bit late.

Since we celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas anyway, this is fine with us. So a new phase in our holiday planning has started. We haven't quite figured out yet what we will do on Christmas Day without our kids, but we will make plans to make it a special day for the two of us.

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