My mom is the best at holiday decorations. As a kid, there was something so comforting about coming home from school to find the house decorated for the latest holiday or season. I don’t really know why, but the wreath on the door or the scented candle burning in the kitchen just made it feel like home.
So you would think, after a childhood like that, I would naturally do the same for my own little family, right?
Um, nope.
I keep mentioning that I’m an underbuyer (overkill, sorry!) and seasonal decorations have always taken a back burner. I don’t like a lot of tchotchkes and there always seem to be more practical things to buy. With the exception of Christmas, I tend not to decorate much at all.
But then I think of my childhood and my mom. While I couldn’t tell you exactly what she decorated with each year, I certainly could tell you how I felt: the feeling of being home and her love for our family just emanated from it all. I want that for my children too.
So I started small this year, making choices that I thought could add a little cheer to our home. When we go to the pumpkin patch this weekend, I think I’ll add one up on the mantel too. It’s only a burlap banner and a few fake sprigs of leaves, but it’s a beginning.
