The Holidays & The Emotions

It is getting to that time of year again. The Holidays are quickly approaching and my sadness of being unable to conceive weighs heavy on my heart. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays as well as Christmas. As a child, Thanksgiving was a time of Family, Food and lots of fun. My family would spend the day preparing food and visiting with cousins, aunts and uncles at my Grandma's house. I often wonder how my Aunt Mary Ann and Uncle Bob felt during those family dinners, they too struggled to conceive and finally did when I was a Junior in High School. They must have been filled with such longing to bring a child to the dinners and brag about their accomplishments. I feel that way, so I wonder if they did?
I absolutely LOVE my nieces and nephews, but the holidays seem to make my desire for a child more pronounced. Especially Christmas, when I watch my nieces & nephews open their gifts and shriek with such excitement as they run to their mom and thank her profusely. I am also very sad for my in laws, as they do not have grandchildren to dote on & spoil rotten. I have also always wanted to create a fantastic Christmas Card of Brian & I with our beautiful child or children wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. And yet I wait. Yes, Thanksgiving & Christmas are still my favorite holidays, but they are bittersweet. I know someday I will be able to brag about my child/children's accomplishments and hear my child/children's shrieks as they open their gifts and come running to thank Brian & I. And I know someday I will be able to create a Christmas Card of Brian, myself and our child or children. I have to hold on to that hope, so for now I will create a Christmas card of Brian, our pets, and I.

Below is our 2010 Family Christmas Card.

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