Family members amble through the front door with more gifts, so the kids form a gift-opening assembly line that starts from youngest to oldest.
Oh, the gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts!
I can’t control what others give my kids, but I can control our understanding of material objects and values.
Often, on these boisterous multigenerational family holiday celebrations, the conversation inevitably turns toward nostalgia.
“Remember when even buying bones was a special treat for our family?” my mom says with eyes twinkling.