We spent Christmas 2017 in Seaford, Delaware with my 97-year-old mother, When Tom and I made the decision to spend Christmas with my mom I felt more than a twinge of sadness that we wouldn’t be at home to share Christmas with our children and our two granddaughters who always fly in from Los Angeles with their parents for Christmas.
We decided that next year we'd all be together somehow. If the fates allow. So Tom, Tommy and I set out on the morning of Thursday, December 21 on the 10-hour drive from Columbus to Seaford, stopping at our perennial favorite place along the way for lunch just outside West Virginia , When we arrived at my mother’s around 9 pm she greeted us with some sweet snacks, My mom’s house looked cozy and nice as always, Maria, Justin and the girls were also flying from Los Angeles into Baltimore that day and renting a car for the 2-hour drive to Seaford. However their plane was delayed and they didn’t arrive at my mom’s until after 3 a.m., for which arrival I was the designated greeter. As my daughter and son-in-law carried their sleeping children into the house and plopped them into the king-sized bed that they were sharing with me, my daughter whispered to me, “All the girls have been talking about the whole trip is making ginger bread houses. Please tell me you brought the ginger bread houses!” The following morning the girls sprung out of bed having no idea where they were, knowing only that they wanted to make their gingerbread houses. However, there was, alas, first breakfast to be made, Then finally it was time to start the gingerbread houses, …then left to dry for an hour before the roofs could be attached. I suggested to the girls that they go and play for a while, …but they wanted to stand by and watch the houses while the icing dried. …except that the instructions said that now we had to wait another four hours for the roof to dry before we could start decorating! Early in the evening Claire and Miguel arrived from Washington D.C., ...to where they’d arrived from Chicago earlier in the day then spent the day sight-seeing. And by then dinner time had rolled around, so we went to everybody’s favorite Seaford spot, …and great food at inexpensive prices. Among our selections: When we returned home after dinner the gingerbread houses were finally ready to be decorated, …while the other grown-ups did some karaoke, the music and lyrics provided by their cells phones,
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Sandy Mathias
12/27/2017 06:19:56 am
What a lovely telling of a very special, family Christmas!! Thank you!
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Patti
12/27/2017 06:25:54 am
Thank you, Sandy! I hope you and your family are having a wonderful Christmas!
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