Our South Christmas 2019

SPIRIT
Tucker Home
Tucker Home
SPIRIT
my mother’s home, and my mother is now living with
us. We call it the compound, but some days I call it the
funny farm! There’s now even more family around us.
My sister lives just a mile away through the pasture, and
I have five grandchildren next door!”
While she loves decorating for the holidays, it’s
the couple of weeks that follow Christmas that are
Deborah’s favorites. “It’s kind of quiet and relaxing.
I can sit back at night and just enjoy all the lights. It’s
comforting to me. I never get to truly relax, but that’s
when I come closest to it. It seems like there’s always
something to do, but I find a quiet moment here or there
and take in all the decorations and lights. It makes it all
worthwhile.”
But all good things must come to an end. “I usually
get a call from a friend who will tell me it’s been long
enough. I stretch it out into January as long as I can, but
usually by the end of the second week of January I start
packing it all up for next year.” … OS
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