Winding down...

I love the holidays... *sigh*

The wonderful smell of food cooking... holiday parties... people are usually in good spirits...
I especially loved holiday time when I was married. I am such a social person and I loved having a companion who would go places and do things with me...that is the ONE thing that brings me down this time of year...

My favorite activity during the holiday time when my husband was living was the wind down... after a day of cleaning, shopping, cooking, visiting, etc., we would spend those last moments before going to sleep going over our day... recapping all the stuff we did... talking about the funny stuff that may have happened...something someone did or said that truly caused us to pause for a moment... barely speaking above a whisper we would wind down... bonding as a couple... we would wind down... finding our comfortable spot on our respective sides of the bed... I felt blessed to have those quiet moments with him... no tv, no phone, no babies,... just us... reliving our day, appreciating our bond.... and each other... winding down...

Its been 17 years... and I still miss this... *sigh*