We have four Christmas trees in our home this year. One in the skids' room, one in the living room, one in the kitchen, and one down in the family room. It's a tradition that DH and I decorate the ones in the living room and kitchen together, and we and the skids do the one in their room. My Mother passed away 3 years ago. This summer, Dad asked if I wanted any of the old family ornaments and I said YES!! The one in the family room is new this year - specifically to be decorated with a lifetime of ornaments from my childhood. DH has been working loooooong hours, so I decorated it by myself. Some of the ornaments are older than I am. Some are from my Mom and Dad's very first Christmas tree. Every single ornament brings back a memory. I don't even know when the tears started falling. All I know is that with each ornament I placed and every memory that returned, I cried more and more. By the time it was finished, I just layed on the floor and bawled. I miss my Mom.