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Today was all about Christmas.
When I woke up, I hadn’t received my morning text from my guy, so I had
to bust his chops! I wake up my
girl and make her breakfast and then…It’s time to put up the tree. I pull all the necessary accoutrements
out from the shed and she mans the remote for Netflix and plays all Christmas
movies. After putting the tree
together, we have to fan out the branches…which takes awhile. She hates that
part, but I’ve always loved the busy work of it.
We then pull out all of the ornaments. After stringing the lights, I explain the importance of some
the ornaments….her first shoe (which her mother had thrown away, and I scooped
up), her brother’s dog tags, the army hat, the Marine jersey (for her brother N
that passed away), the Marine boots (for J), the Wizard of Oz ornaments…and the
list goes on. She takes great care in placing them on the tree. She stands back
and peruses her work…nope, gotta move that one. God, I love this girl!!!
She then helps me untangle the outside lights and for the first time in
years (definitely the first time for me in this home), I string up lights
outside. She badly wants to get on the ladder with me, but after my fall last
year, this is a definite no-no.
Soon, her Mom pulls up and it’s time for her to go. We always have a hard time with that
part. I think it’s because she
lived with me from the time she was 9 months old until about 4 ½. A bond was
forged that her mother cannot break (although she’s tried many times) and it’ll
be with us both till the day we die.
I don’t know what I did to deserve it, but I’m blessed beyond measure
with this girl! 
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