Leann
Traveler
There was a time (about 20 years ago) when every room in my home was decorated for Christmas. I loved it but it was exhausting taking it all down when the holidays were over. After my ex-husband and I divorced (and by then, our children were adults and living on their own), I did less decorating but it still looked festive. Now I live in a small home in the country and I will be the one traveling to be with my family this Christmas. I decided that I no longer needed many of the decorations I had been saving so I donated boxes and boxes to a local charity. I had a beautiful Balsam Hill artificial tree that I decided to sell. Over the past few years I have embraced a "less is more" mindset. My days of lighting up the night sky with so many lights on my house and the trees are long over. Hopefully the decorations I donated will make others happy and the tree will become part of another family's annual tradition.
I'm content now to be more of an observer.
I'm content now to be more of an observer.