First and foremost, I hope
everyone had a delightful holiday season and enjoyed the much needed break from
school! I know I surely benefited having some time off and time to relax.
This holiday season was one unlike any I had in the past seventeen years. Earlier this December, my family welcomed a new family member to our house-no, not another child in our clan, but my 93 year old great aunt. The move seemed so simple when I thought about it prior to the transition, but it has proved to be quite an adjustment.
Aunt Rosanne, or “Muffy”
as she has been called since her childhood, brought along a great number of concerns
for my family, but she has actually unintentionally taught me a few lessons.
Let me start by saying, Aunt Muffy loves to eat, so she finds it very
meaningful when we sit down and eat meals with her. My family typically doesn’t
have the pleasure of sitting down to eat together because we simply do not have
the time; however, this December has been a month filled with family
dinners, and not only to celebrate the holidays. We made an
effort to make
time to eat together, and it really pleased Aunt Muffy. She was especially
thrilled when I asked her to teach me about those scribbles she uses to write
messages that nobody but her can comprehend, also known as shorthand. Indirectly,
I relearned the significance of spending quality time with my family and how
important my family is to me. Leave it to the holiday season to bring families
closer together!
Along
with learning valuable lessons about family, I learned lots in December about
the importance of friendship. I have been very blessed with supportive friends,
and naturally it’s difficult to be apart from them. In mid-November, one of my
closest friends, Heidi, moved to New
Brunswick , New Jersey 
This holiday season was one unlike any I had in the past seventeen years. Earlier this December, my family welcomed a new family member to our house-no, not another child in our clan, but my 93 year old great aunt. The move seemed so simple when I thought about it prior to the transition, but it has proved to be quite an adjustment.
Aunt Rosanne, or “Muffy”
as she has been called since her childhood, brought along a great number of concerns
for my family, but she has actually unintentionally taught me a few lessons.
Let me start by saying, Aunt Muffy loves to eat, so she finds it very
meaningful when we sit down and eat meals with her. My family typically doesn’t
have the pleasure of sitting down to eat together because we simply do not have
the time; however, this December has been a month filled with family
dinners, and not only to celebrate the holidays. We made an
effort to make
time to eat together, and it really pleased Aunt Muffy. She was especially
thrilled when I asked her to teach me about those scribbles she uses to write
messages that nobody but her can comprehend, also known as shorthand. Indirectly,
I relearned the significance of spending quality time with my family and how
important my family is to me. Leave it to the holiday season to bring families
closer together!  |
Of
course, January has tons in store for Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Thanks for reading,
Cecilia Stuetz
“The
love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth
and privilege.” –Charles Kuralt
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