Our tradition at our home has always been that every year I've purchased a hallmark Christmas ornament. It arrives in her stocking each year and it is something that she looks forward to getting. The ornament usually signifies something that is dear to her or that it somehow has related to the time in her life.
Chelsea is sixteen and she has received one for every Christmas. When it is time to put up the tree she takes each and everyone out of their box and as she hangs each ornament on the tree she recalls each one and the meaning of what it meant by receiving it. It is a wonderful time to reflect how good things can be with such simplicity.
I started this tradition with the intent that one day, when she starts that new chapter in her life, she'll be able to take those ornaments and decorate her own tree. She'll be able to recall and remember her childhood tree decorating days listening to Christmas music and remembering the special moments spent with her mother.
Kimberly & Chelsea Boland
Friday, December 11, 2009
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