Christmas

Hugs @ArraDreaming

Soo lovely that you can start enjoying Christmas with your partner and your children , so many memories in the makings

Soo special, grab a whole of it all my friend

@FloatingFeather , @hanami , @tyme

The thing I have realised as I have gotten older @ArraDreaming is that we can start taking control a bit more of how our story book of life unfolds. As a child in so many ways our chapters are written for us but as you get older you can start to have a say in how your chapters unfold.

It is understandable that you will always feel for that little boy who was hurt and felt excluded. It's also understandable that you want to help heal that little boy. The good thing is you have the power now to nurture you own children. I wasn't parented in perhaps the best way (which I, like everyone else, had no control over) but what I do have control over is how I parent my children. I try to be the parent I wish I had. I know I am probably stuffing things up on the way and that's okay because no one is perfect but I'm doing it differently then how I was raised and trying to right the wrongs of my childhood. Enjoy it as it comes and soak up what your inner child needs along the way as well.

I hope you and your family are well and you have a lovely time with your family at this time of year.

Warm wishes,

FloatingFeather

Thank you @FloatingFeather @Shaz51

🥲

You are right, all I can do is my best and accept I (like everyone else) am not perfect, I think a lot about what my siblings would be doing around this time, I hope they are happy.

My partner is amazing and so supportive, and knows that this kind of thing can be hard and tries so hard to make me feel the kind of joy at Christmas and birthdays that I never had.

I never had Santa or anything like that as a kid so we’ve been watching a heap of Christmas movies and decorated our house, just the inside

On a lighter note I offered to wrap all the presents while nobody is home and it turns out I am a horrible wrapper our toddler could have done a better job than me. I got to open them all and try again, felt like it was my birthday 🤣

I really cannot wrap presents 🥴🥴

Ha ha it will take a second for the kids to unwrap the presents @ArraDreaming xx

It is soo good having a supportive partner my friend

have my tough times and bad days but genuinely deep down happiest I have ever been @Shaz51

@Shaz51 @FloatingFeather
dino shortbread I made with the 5 year old

about to go in the oven

wish us luck

 @FloatingFeather @Shaz51

Wonderful @ArraDreaming 😋

🤣😂🤣😂 double batches @ArraDreaming 😀