Winter’s Favorite Giveaway Day~~19

I have two favorite things about the holiday season, and they definitely go together. The best part is that we all get together—our daughter and her family live about an hour away, but our son and his wife and kids are in Hawaii, so we don’t get to see them as often—and this year, we’ll be meeting our new granddaughter, Alice Cody Moore, born on Halloween, so we’re especially looking forward to their visit.

And my next favorite thing about the holidays? We almost always have snow by Christmas, and if we’re lucky, we have a lot of snow the day all the kids come to visit. Because our son’s in-laws and our daughter and her family all live in a town on the other side of the mountain from us, the kids always spend most of their visits down there and we go to see them, but at some point we always try to have everyone at our house on the mountain for a sleepover and snow day.

We have six grandchildren and a relatively small house, so it’s always a bit crowded and crazy, but always a good time. This year Luca is 10, Gracie is 7, Ella almost 6, Cole 5, Owen 3 and newborn Alice, so everyone but the baby will love the chance to go sledding on our hill.

No matter what we do in our lives or where we go, family is always the most important thing. I love my career, I love what I do, the people I meet and the places I get to go, but our family, our children and their spouses, and their children—that’s what makes everything else work. My husband and I have been married for forty years, and yet when we talk about what’s meant the most to us throughout our marriage, it all comes down to our children and their families and the love we share.

To all of you, I wish happiness and good health, love and laughter and all the best in the coming year. And thank you, Kelly, for giving me this chance to send my holiday greetings.

Kate Douglas

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