I am not a fan of holidays, to be honest. Hardly any of the holidays are celebrated for what they were intended for anymore and everything is so commercialized I just would rather not contribute to that. But, since I'm doing this 30 Days of Gratitude thing I had to pick one. Actually, I was going to choose to use the term holiday as my European friends use it, like us Americans use the word vacation. That's much more my style than "holidays".
Still a bit raw for this but I'm very grateful for Christmas 2017, the last Christmas my brother and I were able to spend with my mom. Grateful we could both travel and take the time to be in Texas with her. Grateful we found the oh so perfect last-minute gifts with Cardinals on them, pajamas, an ornament and a hanging cardinal whose wings flapped (one of those solar gizmos). Grateful to be able to be together.