Christmas Parties

Every year I tend to cut out something to do with Christmas.  One year my husband and I were invited to a party in Aurora.  I had just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.  Aurora was an hour or two hour away.  I was very nervous.  My husband doesn’t know but later on in the new year I called his friend to ask him to not invite us again.  It wasn’t the atmosphere.  Well we didn’t know anyone.

There was a friend of mine from church.  She invited us to a Christmas party.  We intended to go but the weather was so bad.  I never saw my friend again.

As I mentioned I suffer from diabetes.  If I go to a party, I should avoid eating a lot of food; especially sweets. It is hard when the cookies and squares are there in sight.

When I grew up, our family had a lot of decorations – stockings and a Christmas tree.  These days, my husband and I don’t bother with those things. 

I believe in everything in moderation.  I go to a few parties  but try to keep indulgence to a low level.  No one seems to notice.