I LOVE the holidays! The holidays make me happy; the atmosphere is different around this time of year. Everyone seems to be happier during the holidays. People will gather with their families to celebrate and I love seeing everyone put aside what is going on in their lives to enjoy time with their loved ones. The holidays are different for everyone which is also another reason why I like the holidays; there are so many family traditions that people partake in. My family, we do the holidays in our own special way.

When you come from a divorced family, it tends to change the way everyone comes together. You have people come together not all at once, but separately and sometimes, on different days. For instance, I will celebrate, either Wednesday or Thursday, with my dad and then on Friday, I will go celebrate with my mom. And Christmas will be the same, on one day it will be with my mom and the other it will be with my dad. So we still come together, just not at the same time.

When you come from a divorced family and spend the holidays with someone that is not from a divorced family, it makes you wonder. And what I mean by that is, I obviously come from a divorced family but my boyfriend does not, and when I go over to his house, I always sit back and think about how, if things were different, that would be my family. I'm sure that this makes the holidays sound sad and depressing. but they're not!

I love the way my family celebrates the holidays! I wouldn't want it any other way, I can't imagine it any other way. The holidays feel the same to me when I am with my divorced family that they do when I am with my boyfriend's family, because there is LOVE! So never think someone misses out on the "true tradition" of being together as a family, when they come from a divorced home, because they are together as a family, their family.