And I wish you the same, MissBeth!!! And I thank you for this post. Despite my best intentions, I was stressed tonight -- the control freak in me was irritated that husband and son went to the grocery store and got the wrong stuff, and not enough butter, and forgot the prunes and the cinnamon sticks...
... and your post reminded me of how life used to be when I was married to an alcoholic, and nobody but me went shopping. Nobody but me prepared anything. When I was IT for food and smoothing over conflicts and hoping he wouldn't throw a fit or be so drunk that we couldn't go to church...
It's a blessing that we forget the bad stuff. But it's good to be reminded in order to be grateful.
Thank you -- and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!