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Celebrating Christmas
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- Christmas at Rotorua
- My
family Christmas,,,,,,,my special boys
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Christmas
at Rotorua
- Normally my uncle Mike comes
over to Taupo from Tauranga for a couple days and dad goes
and get Popa and we all have Christmas here. But
this year my uncle Mike is working over Christmas so can't
come and one of my other uncles has invited Popa to
Rotorua.
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- If Popa is well enough and
goes we are going to go into the bush early and wake up
Christmas morning there! If we do stay home for
Christmas day we are going into the bush boxing day.
We then stay there until dad goes back to work. It
is only 20 minutes from here where we go, so we come home
every 4 days for showers etc. While up there dad
goes hunting. John and I make friends with the other
families up there and we go and build huts etc. Mum
usually has a big rest from house work and kids and sits
in camp with a book etc.
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- Taupo is so crowded over the
holidays that we don't miss being at home. Because
we are so close to home we get to take friends and swap
them over every 4 days. I get to take my friend
Steph then when she comes home John gets to take her
brother Liam.
- From Amy and John
Martin.
- P.S. The dog in the picture
is our 6yr old pug, her name is Tala.
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Three years ago my husband &
I split on not so friendly terms. As the time has gone by it has not
even begun to get easier, my two children find it extremely difficult
to deal with a man who used to be kind to Mummy. They resent his anger
& bitterness and so at the end of each access visit is a special
time for us.
The previous Christmas's have
been equally as bad and this one is no exception. There is no direct
contact between the children's father and myself which does not end
with his verbal abuse towards me and usually in front of the two boys
we both adore. This Christmas will be the first one my boys, aged 8
and 5, have been alone, just the three of us.
I have no family in this country
so I cherish my small, existing family and enjoy as much time as I can
with them. Even though I am the main caregiver, my children live
with me full-time, often we don't get to spend specific times
doing family things together.
This year I have got the
children most things they have wanted, totally over the top!
Really noisy toys which I am sure will drive me nuts! Being a single
Mum on a benefit, there is not a huge amount left for a lot of
luxuries, this year I have saved so I can splurge on my two boys.
They will be up early as usual, maybe even earlier and I will bounce
out of bed to share in their excitement as I usually do each year.
they are always allowed to choose what they want to eat on Christmas
Day and they tend to eat lots of fruit and extra vegetables to
"make Mum happy"! We will share breakfast and check
out what's under the tree, we always take turns and look at what
everyone has got and from who. The boys will play with their toys and
I will join in from time to time. We will call England to speak to
Nanna and Grandad and remember when they were with us two Christmas's
ago. Later in the day we will head up to a friends for a late lunch,
watching movies & sleeping over. She will have her nephew with her
for the day and all three boys get on famously. I will hold back a few
presents for the boys to open there. Boxing Day I will drive to
Wellington to take them to there fathers for three weeks.
Christmas is a time when I
appreciate my children the most. During the three weeks they are away
from me, they are not allowed to contact me and I am not allowed
to call to speak to my own children. My children are not even allowed
to mention my name. It is the memory of Christmas Eve &
Christmas Day and the knowledge that they will be away only for
three weeks. It is the knowledge that I will have no contact with
them for three weeks that makes me want to go that extra mile for
them on Christmas day, they will spend three weeks remembering the
last time they spent with me. This has meant we are all very
close, it has made us cherish each other's company so much more than
maybe we would have under normal circumstances. Even my little five
year old tells me that we are a special family that has special times
together.
I am truly blessed to have such
amazing children.
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