Words to Live By

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it (anywhere I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you, here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart, I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart). - E. E. Cummings
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Traditions can be beautiful; yet, when emotionally laden they can become intensely painful. Doing things differently makes it is harder to compare to your “old” life. We always used to chop down our own Christmas tree, but my kids (9 and 7 at the time) didn’t even want a tree our first year. So, we compromised and got a pre-lit artificial tree. Now it is our new tradition. Also, it was so hard to decorate the tree with our memory-filled ornaments. So, for 3 years we didn’t even get out our old ornaments. Instead we created a patriotic tree. Now that it has been 8 years, we have 2 trees: our patriotic tree and one with our old ornaments (both artificial of course!).
It can be so raw and painful to do things the same way you used to. Give yourself permission to do things differently.
Laurie
P.S. Instead of birthday cake for the first year—we had birthday brownies.
