“Brussels sprouts are misunderstood –
probably because most people don’t know how to cook them properly.”
— Todd English

November was full of beautiful landscapes, morning frost and Thursday school pick ups.
It was a month of digging deep for me, wallowing in nostalgia and a type of love that almost broke me.
I back away from anything that is not real, and cry a bit when he streams the first Christmas music on Spotify
We celebrate Thanksgiving with our kids, who did all the cooking, and most of the clean up
later they send me the selfies they took together knowing I am in a tender spot right now, and my joy soars
I dig out the Christmas dishes, and ask him to get the lights ready for tomorrow
because we are going out, with our amazing kids, to cut our Christmas trees

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