TRADITIONS

YEP......THIS IS ME........I AM NOT DEAD OR ALMOST DEAD EVEN........BUT TO SOME IN MY FAMILY I AM BEING TREATING AS IF I AM........THAT IS OK BECAUSE THERE IS NO RULE YOU HAVE TO LIKE YOUR MOTHER.......
          BUT.........I HAVE DECIDED THAT TRADITIONS IN A FAMILY ARE NOT FOREVER........USUALLY THE CHILDREN KEEP THEM GOING UNTIL TTHE PARENTS HAVE DIED......BUT THERE IS NO RULE THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO........SOOOOO OUR TRADITION OF GOING TO GRAMS HOUSE FOR AFAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY HAS NOW COME TO AN END........NO MORE VISITS FROM SANTA WITH HIS SANTA BAG FULL OF PRESENTS........NO MORE PICTURES OF EACH WITH AWW ISH FOR THE NEW YEAR....NO MORE GOOD FOOD OR THREE BIG BAGS DRAGGED OUT FULL OF PRESENTS FOR ANYONE........DONE, GONE FOREVER.
MY THREE FAMILIES NOW HAVE THEIR FMILIES.........AND CAN TO START THEIR OWN TRADITIONS OF WHICH I WILL BE NO PART OF........AHHHHH TO BED EARLY AND SLEEP TILL NOON IF I WANT.  MY FAMILY HAS COME TO PARTING OF THE WAYS AND EVEERYONE IS NOT COMFORTABLE TOGETHER ANY MORE.........LAST YEAR SHOWED ME THAT.........IT SURELY CUTS MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DOWN TO NOTHING.
         SO I TELL MY CHILDREN......START YOUR OWN FAMILY TRADITIONS......THINK OF THE ONES YOU HAVE HAD GROWING UP AND START THEM WITH YOUR KIDS.....OR START NEW ONES.........FAMILIES NEED TRADITIONS THAT BECOME SO MUCH A PART OF OUR LIVES THAT WE ACT INSTINCTIVELY;PLANNING THE ANNUAL FAMILY PICNIC, DRESSING UP FOR GRAM'S THANKSGIVING DINNER, HALLOWEEN OR CINCO-DE-MAYO  PARTY.  
         EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE.......HOWEVER, A MOMENT ARISES, CALLING US TO ACT TO CREATE A NEW EVENT.....BY BEGINNING A FRESH TRADITION, WE ARE MAKING A STAMP ON OUR OWN PERSONA HISTORIES.........
        I JUST THOUGHT I BETTER GET THIS CANCELATION NOTICE OUT EARLY SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO BE TRYING TO THINK UP AN EXCUSE NOT TO COME TO MY HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR....2016 AND CAN RELAX AND ENJOY YOUR NEW CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS............