Pretense, pretending, putting on facades or any other ingenuine demonstration is never the road to wholeness in relationships especially when it comes to family. I've heard that some people will go to the end of the earth trying to avoid having "real" talks or getting to the very grain of an issue is extremely hard. For this reason you have to assess what's in the best interest of the whole. I see why removing yourself from the equation is sometimes necessary. I also know why taking the very hard step of addressing tough issues is paramount. The bottom line is you have to weigh them out and determine your course of action. Here's one thing I know, when relationships are on the line and people still want to avoid setting the relationship on course it may be an indication that there is nothing left of the relationship to salvage.
Christmas day was great. I didn't go to bed until the wee hours again and needless to say I was wrapping gifts at 4:30 that morning as the children rose ready to open their presents. It probably would be useless to most to continue wrapping when everyone would open them minutes after but I did so anyway. I like to do it and wrapping gifts is as much a part of the Christmas festivities as decorating the tree. And just as Christmas day was fun so was the day after. We followed up Christmas dinner with a fish fry and a game of spades. It was great and me and my partner won the game. We had great time laughing and kidding with each other. We listened to music and sang along. Nothing like those oldies but goodies. We all took part from the oldest to the youngest adding our voices to the music. To outsiders it may have seemed like no big deal but to me it was as much a part of loving each others as was the gift giving. I sat back and thought that's what ...
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