Holiday Stories
Feeling Safe As A Family
At 4:am, my head finally sank into the overly soft pillow in the attic bedroom. I had been waiting all night for the last child to arrive for the Thanksgiving holidays at the cabin we rented in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
I was thankful indeed, as I lay completely peaceful knowing that once again all of our children were under one roof. If I listened intently, I could almost hear each of them breathe, though they were sleeping on different levels of the three-story cabin that we found nestled in the Tennessee Mountains, surrounded by tall gold and red trees.
It was a feeling every Mother longs to feel with her children. If they are all in one place, close, we feel we can protect them, even when they are grown. But, in reality, we know that's not true. They have their own problems and their own lives and their own mountains to climb. We were one family sharing this holiday season together under one roof, but we were all each at different stages of our lives.
Our daughter and her husband were buying their first home together and planning for their second child. They were proud and excited about the things that were happening in their life. Even with ...
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