tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83995894561612427.post6337600510587693885..comments2023-07-02T06:58:58.956-04:00Comments on The New Norm: Holiday BluesKeyonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875993010376385468noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83995894561612427.post-9992891868729920682008-11-15T14:25:00.000-05:002008-11-15T14:25:00.000-05:00Keyona,Thanks for stopping by my blog! Your daught...Keyona,<BR/>Thanks for stopping by my blog! Your daughter is beautiful!! <BR/><BR/>Adding my 2 cents...Maybe it's time to create your own traditions that will work for your immediate family. If it's Thanksgiving at your m-i-l's house and Christmas at your mom's that works best, then let it be that. With my side of the family (about 1.5 hours away), we have an early "Christmas," complete with a (modified) Christmas dinner and exchanging presents. My husband didn't see the logic in this at all...until he realized that it meant we could spend Christmas with his family (about 1.5 hours away in the opposite direction). :) I do hope everything goes well for you and your family this holiday season! <BR/><BR/>Oh--something that my mom used to say, when I was concerned about my firstborn about various family-related things: "If you're OK with it, he'll be OK with it...SO BE OK WITH IT." :)Amy @ Cheeky Cocoa Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729689387880300961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83995894561612427.post-27298527896402807462008-11-14T23:44:00.000-05:002008-11-14T23:44:00.000-05:00K-I completely understand your dilema. Hey, at lea...K-<BR/>I completely understand your dilema. Hey, at least we will be together during thanksgiving and that is so AWESOME. Remember your family comes first and we will never please everyone. YOu know that more than anyone. take care of you Honey. I gotta ear to listen, its yours whenever!!! Thanks for sitting you are the BESTEST BFF as Courtney would say. Later chicaHaskinsHousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351454748336575555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83995894561612427.post-27480228798122059202008-11-14T22:45:00.000-05:002008-11-14T22:45:00.000-05:00My in-laws live on the other side of the world in ...My in-laws live on the other side of the world in a different country and don't even celebrate these holidays. So I don't know what to tell you. <BR/><BR/>Then why did I comment? <BR/><BR/>I don't know. <BR/><BR/>Maybe you can just celebrate the holidays at your house and let people come visit YOU.*MARY*https://www.blogger.com/profile/09638213634701932906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83995894561612427.post-39368418731910928512008-11-14T22:00:00.000-05:002008-11-14T22:00:00.000-05:00Once you feel okay with the fact that you will NEV...Once you feel okay with the fact that you will NEVER be able to please everyone at the same time, it gets much better. The holidays always catch me off guard, although every year I VOW that I'm going to do everything right AND on time. Never happens. It's very gracious that your MIL is trying to ease the burden for you, and very kind that she's invited others, also. Although your Mom will surely miss you for Thanksgiving, I think all parents come to a realization point that their children are adults, and once married, now have TWO families. That's just how it is. Now that I'm divorced and remarried, and my biological family is scattered all over, Hubby and I just try to make the best of it at home with the kids. And that's exactly where we'll be this holiday. Family can be so flakey, and rather than get together just because it's the holidays, we're gonna pass this year. A few hurt feelings? You betcha. But we have to do what feels right for us.<BR/>Hope everything works out okay. :-)Amariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586216908948462167noreply@blogger.com