Finally! 2015 is coming to an end. :-)

[mustardseed]

Merry Christmas my friend! And it sounds like it was one. The thing about Christmas is that it comes shortly after the darkest day of the year. That winter solstice when there is more night than day. However, the hope comes from knowing that from that point forward the days are getting longer and the nights shorter.

New things are coming our way. Renewed relationships with our kids that aren't clouded by the expectations of someone who stopped caring about us. These are stronger relationships because we can now truly be ourselves. It is freeing to realize we aren't responsible for anyone else. Not their behavior, not their desires, not their expectations. We do what feels right to us, and as a result we are becoming the attractive people we were before we gave it up to try and be who we thought they wanted us to be.

That's why you don't need that letter. It isn't your responsibility. And that knowledge, my friend, is a gift.