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 For Christmas we decided to have grandpa give each grandchild that was home a memory hug...since he has dementia and parkinson we don't know how long his memory will be with us.  So each grandchild was given a sweatshirt and we painted Brents hands and arms and he gave each child a hug, which put his hand print on the back of each shirt.     

Finally Christmas day is here....all the presents are ready and under the tree.  House is clean ...hubby reading the newspaper ….we got the ham in the oven getting all cooked.  There are 3 batches of candy made on the counter, gourmet caramel corn all bagged up.   Cherry pie cooling on the counter...couple salads in the refrigerator.  So I guess we are getting closer to being done.  We have 4 children and have been blessed to have them home most of the time for the holidays.  Oldest son lives 13 hours away so we don't see his family much any more.  Sure miss them.  Be sure to love and hug on the family members that want to be around.  Let them know how much you love and appreciate them.  Time goes so fast and then you look back and wonder.....what happened to when they were just learning to crawl or walk.  The excitement of them opening their gifts...they didn't care what was inside they just loved the opening of them and all the ex...