Reading Laura's post about the various trees this year made
me want contribute to the blog again. I've been raking my brain trying to think
of something else to say since the last time but so much got in the way.
This was the first year I've taken pictures of individual
ornaments on my tree. My collection grew so much I felt the need to share,
especially after all that's happened. As much as I wanted my tree to show some
of my own personality, I wanted it to also have bits and pieces of my family
represented as well. More than anything, I want to share some of the ones that
reminded me the most of Dan.
Dan's favorite Looney Tune – Taz, figures since they were
both wild and big eaters
Dan use to tease me about where we both went to college. He
was always proud he was a Penn State alum.
One Christmas we both gave Mom ornament balls with our college logos on
them. He especially teased me by always hanging the Penn State balls higher on
our parents' trees. I made sure to hang a Penn State ball on my own tree. Laura
thought it was one last joke he was having.
As Laura mentioned, the first party I had in my apartment was
having our parents, herself, Ben, David, Dan, and Shannon over to decorate my
tree. This was part of a set of the first ornaments I ever got as gifts from
Dan and Shannon. For the first tree he got with Shannon for their home, I got
him a Curious George in a Santa hat.
The Fisherman Nutcracker – Picked this fellow up in Stone
Harbor. Originally, he was for all my family and me going on the fishing trips.
Looking at him now, he reminds of all the times Dan would go out of his way to
go fishing, whether it was on the Red Baron trips, the Winter trips, river
fishing with our uncles, or going out to the creek with his friends and
bringing back God knows what.
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