When She Spent Christmas Alone, Grandma Did These 10 Things (It Became Her Favorite Day)

#ChristmasAlone #GriefAtChristmas #livingalone When She Spent Christmas Alone, Grandma Did These 10 Things (It Became Her Favorite Day) Ten small things a grandmother did on her first Christmas alone, after Grandpa died and a winter storm kept her family away. Each one costs almost nothing, and together they turned the hardest day of the year into her favorite. If Christmas feels heavy for you or someone you love, this one is for you. The first Christmas after Grandpa died, Grandma Mae was snowed in, her family could not reach her, and the morning felt painfully empty. So she reached into her apron pocket and pulled out a folded yellow paper with ten little promises on it. At the bottom was one mysterious name: “Carol.” Our family did not understand why until years later. 0:00 The yellow paper in Grandma Mae’s apron pocket 1:10 10. The plan on paper 2:25 9. Keep one tradition, and rest the rest 3:35 8. The present from Mae to Mae 4:55 7. The candle in the window 6:10 6. Ten o’clock: cry, if needed 7:20 5. The telephone schedule 8:20 4. The Christmas walk 9:25 3. The hatbox of old Christmas cards 10:35 2. The second plate 11:50 1. Carol 14:00 Start with three lines, and write your own yellow paper Which line would you put on your own Christmas paper? Tell me its number in the comments, and add where you’re from and your first name. I read every one. Know someone who is quietly dreading December? Send her this video tonight.