Wrapping gifts I had to take a pause. Are they from 'Brooke & Fraser; Brooke; or Mom & Dad/Mom or 'Me'? Us. I settled on 'Us'. I still feel 'Us' so 'we' it shall be!
I was thinking it must be weird for some of you who are single to see me having to navigate something you have been navigating for a while!
I doubt there's judgement, but I feel like it takes a lot longer to work our way into relationship so the 'navigating' is an easier transition. I mean, I've heard of it, but could you imagine meeting someone and deciding to spend the rest of your life together? (By the way, that means an 'actual' lifetime. It's not forever forever. There is an end in this human existence). I digress. But, could you imagine? 4 weeks and you'd be blogging about how your new 'lifemate' puts the toilet paper roll (it goes over btw...my nieces and I decided that's how to spot a psychopath...under).
So, it's weird in either experience. For me it's weird to go through my day as normally as ever; it's weird to cry when I went to exchange $ (Fraser did it all the time); and it's weird to wrap gifts and have to decide how to sign them. Weird.
Xo, Brooke
Brooke, I am so grateful you share this with us. I often think of Brooke and Fraser. It sounds right.
A little fun story on this -
My Dad and Mom were Dave and Irma. When Dad got married his best friend introduce them as Dave and Irma! Her name was Peggy.
P.S. I am SO with you on the spotting a psychopath. My birth mother is an under kind of person. Ask Schminke what that psycho is like!
You are my hero.
Definitely up! The Christmas after my dad passed (10 months prior) my mom signed her gifts from Mom and Dad. She said she never thought about it- just wrote the tag and slapped it on.
When we talked about it- I thought why not? Dad is still a part of our lives even though he’s not physically here. It made us all feel good.
Try and think of it as a growth opportunity.
I'll admit I grew up an under for the toilet paper roll, but the last few years, it goes on the way I happen to grab it.
Love you.