This year, we are here. We went shopping. We bought presents for our sisters and the kids of some friends. Yes, by golly, we even went to toy stores.
People ask us our plans for the holidays. Well, we live here in this big little town all by ourselves. We don't really have any plans. Triple S picked out what he wanted to eat for Christmas Eve dinner; I am working both Thursday and Saturday. We might even go see the new Sherlock Holmes movie (Triple S' favorite fictional character).
Triple S even wanted a tree this year, so out we went on Black Friday and bought an evergreen.
Since we so thoroughly skipped Christmas last year, we didn't have any ornaments for Serenity. I went to Things Remembered online, the only place I could think of that engraves anything, and bought this for 2009:
However, I also really wanted something from Serenity's year of birth. At the same time, I was tooling around on Etsy.
I found this, simple, almost stark, ornament:
from Bugaboo Jewelry and asked her to put a 2008 tag on it. The purple stone is for February.I also wanted a pea in the pod. I don't know why, I just really like these (I also have a necklace with three 'peas' all picked out on Etsy). I got this ornament:
from CyndesMinis, to recognize all three of the little peas that have been in this pod.I have also wanted to get a family ring for myself - the object for which I was originally searching on Etsy. I found something simple, and that I can easily add on to, hopefully in March or April 2010:
from BirkaScandinavian. I love the idea of a stacking ring set for a mother's ring (it is NOT like my mother's mother's ring). The red is Triple S' ruby, the purple is Serenity's amethyst, the yellow is my topaz, and the thin blank band is for the miscarriage last fall.These object make me happy, in a way. There is nothing profound to say about them, but I wanted to share them with you.
I wish you all peace and love this season.
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Thank you for sharing these. They are really lovely. I appreciate seeing what others do, what is out there.
I especially like the mother's ring. I had been looking for something like that, and may pursue it, myself. I have a heartshaped garnet, with two tiny little diamond chips.
We had decided to go "home" to C's family for the holidays as we traditionally did, before losing the boys (I'm Jewish, he's not). I thought, perhaps, I could do it this year, but the autumn was just too difficult.
And, I will admit: if my in-laws had ornaments on the tree for the boys I would have totally lost it. Also? If there had not been ones for them, I would have been lost, as well.
Wishing you peace.
All beautiful.
xo
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your special ornaments and thanks too for sharing where you got them. I will have to check them all out.
xx
I adore the ring, and think the ornaments are wonderful. Thinking of all of you.
Beautiful. Wishing you peace during the holidays.
All very beautiful, but I especially love the etsy ornament! So simple and classy. I looked there, too, when trying to find "just the thing," but don't remember coming across that one. It's so hard to even figure out what search terms to type in, you know?
Thinking of you honey.
They are all absolutely beautiful but, like Bluebird above, I really like the ornament from Bugaboo Jewellery.
It is so elegant, stark is absolutely right.
Those are all gorgeous mementos. Thanks for sharing! (Good to see you posting, too!)
Those ornaments and the ring are all so gorgeous. I love them. All I did this year for Sophie and Skyler is get them each a little stocking..
These are great happy-making objects. I love them. There's nothing quite like finding that perfect "thing" that you just connect with - I find them a few times a year but not too often. Thanks for sharing!
I hope you had a nice holiday Ya Chun :) Your mementos are beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing your memories and hope.
all are beautiful. It always brings me peace to buy a momento for Sara.
It was all so beautiful to see.
Still thinking about you. Still praying for a safe delivery....
Love, Reese
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