I’ve started my Christmas shopping….well actually I’ve just about finished it all.
That got me thinking about Christmas and all. After my brother died in 1979 my family stopped being a family. Mum and Dad had separated not long before Tom was killed, then we all seemed to fall apart. No Christmas get together that year. My marriage broke up, my eldest brother and his wife lost a baby in the 7th month of the pregnancy. My sister and her husband split. I can’t recall all being together celebrating after all that, if fact not from Shem Tom was killed. Now there is just the 3 of us left and we've still not had a Christmas together.
Same with my darling children. Since Paul died and Kylee separated from Bozo, Simon from Tracey the family get togethers are very rare. I hardly see Tanya and the kids, each passing year since Paul died they have drifted further and further away from us.
Simon has been drifting along since his "mucky" separation and has found happiness with Tammy. Hardly see them but he does remember us with phone calls and texts....and he and us don't see the kids (except Sheymus) thanks to Tracey and her vindictive lies. Jessica and Zoe don't acknowledge us at all, they have cut us, including Simon, completely out of their lives since the separation. Simon still sees Sheymus, he actually lived with Simon and Tammy for awhile and he still sees Tommy occasionally.
Shawn lives with us still. His eldest Skye lives with us. Jaydene and Shayden with their mother. Kaleb with his foster mother. Jaydenes little girl with her foster mother too. Thankfully Shawn and us get to see them all except Kaleb. DCP sux.
And as for Kylee...well her and her kids treat this house like their own. Kylee is staying home for Christmas so I will at least see the joy and excitement when they open their pressies.
Skye and Shawn will be here on the day too. Skye will go off to her Mothers during the day and then to her boyfriends.
mmmmm so that is that.
Christmas is just not the same anymore.
