Holiday Changes... Life Changes!

The older I get the more the holidays don't quite feel the same as they use to. Every holiday that has passed for the last few years has had a different tone to it. I remember cooking and organizing for whatever holiday coming up. Getting ready for guest and a party. Planning meals and activities for the kids and adults. I remember being very busy! But now it has all changed. These days most holidays are spent with just hubby and me. The kids are all grown up now with kids of their own. The friends and family who use to come for holidays are now facing the same thing with their children. I guess when you're younger and have kids at home things are different. With children you have to plan things out and holidays can be a very busy time. Some holidays like Christmas, I would have a house full of guest and family. Nowadays everybody seems to be doing other things instead of coming together for the holidays. Seems the older I get the more quiet my holiday gets. At this point hubby and I don't even make a big deal about the holidays. I still love the holidays. Even though its just hubby and I we still enjoy spending time together during the holidays. No need now for all the decorations and party favors.. Now its dinner for two! I feel even more isolated now that I've moved to the country. I have friends and family who have not yet came to visit since we moved to the country. Its just a new way of living tho. I'm willing to accept that things aren't going to be the same. I say, its time to make new memories! It's time to do things on the holiday that we want to do, just the two of us. Why should I wait for my children or grandchildren to show up for the holidays? No offense but they don't have time for us anymore. It's funny when you see your life changing from what it use to be. At this point I know the past is gone and the future is new and uncertain. It can be a little scary having to face all these changes but at my age I think I've learned enough to adjust. Since moving to the country my life has changed in many ways. Some planned some not. We've had things happen that we did not expected during our move. Lots of things I planned that did not turn out as planned! Sometimes things went a totally different way than what was expected. To be honest, I didn't think moving would be This big of a change! But it did, everything changed... Changes are part of life. We never know when our lives will change or what changes will occur. Life happens! I'll just take it one day at a time. Out of all my years I've learned that the best way to deal with change is by just letting it happen...