Christmas Warmth

I didn't know what to expect this year when my mother informed me that she would be comming in for Christmas this year. I was taken by suprise. "Mom, I have all ready invited Dad!" Knowing that my parents have been bitterly divorced for the past seventeen years I knew that inviting them to the same holiday would probably be a bad idea. Especially Christmas! Who wants all that disfunction during the one month of the year that is suppossed to be filled with laughter and mariment? "Oh." my mother said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"mom, you know that I would love to have you here, it's just I don't know how this can all work out with Dad and everything."
" Britt, this is the only time that I can get off work to come and see you, Tim, and the grandkids. Besides, I don't know when I will ever see your brother again."
Wes! She is right he is going to be around too. I couldn't think of the last time that I saw my brother. Had it been six months, a year? If it had been that long for me, then it must have been at least two years for my mom. As a mom, I couldn't go that long without seeing my own precious boys, so my heart began to swell and I knew that I needed to do something.
"I'll talk to Dad, maybe we can figure something out."
"Thanks, Britt!"
I wish I could go into great detail about all the events that had since transpired from that phone call in August, but it is Christmas, and I have a family downstairs waiting for me! Grant has tears in his eyes.
"mom, why does it have to end? Why can't this feeling last forever?"
His words touch me.
"Son, it never has to end! It can last forever, if you want it too."
I report with joy that a Christmas miricale has taken place in my life this Christmas! It is never too late to tell the people you love how much you love them. Never too late to tell the ones that you hurt or wronged that you are sorry. Or mend what is broken in your life.
I never thought it possible that I for a few precious moments of my lifetime have back what I lost when I was twelve years old . My torn family has grived. We have all had our trials, our hardships, our losses. My mother and father through their own problems were able to put their differences aside and my mom saw my brother and I got to be with those I love the most during the best part of the year. I got to share in the bliss of bringing my family together. The one that was tattered and torn. I got to share these great people in my life with my husband and children. My heart was filled this year. I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas.
My love goes out to all of you! Let this time of year heal your heart. Tell the ones that you love how much they mean to you. Mend the relationships that have crumbled around you. Life is too short to shut out the ones that you love. If we can do it, so can all of you. Merry Christmas to all, and I hope that your heart can be filled with Christmas warmth and cheer.