"All Wrapped Up"- Day 21

Christmas is bittersweet for us. My mother is one of nine. In 2000 when my grandmother got cancer she knew it was likely her last Christmas. The one thing she wanted was everyone down in NC for Christmas & for our large family to come together in fellowship as often as possible. She got her wish that Christmas; surrounded by family singing hymns throughout the morning she quietly passed away on Christmas Day. We got down there about two hours later.  It was a night with family to be remembered. To my mother- she is the best & I hate that this memory clouds Christmas for her every year, but she goes above & beyond for all just like always.