A CHRISTMAS WISH:
Have a jolly holiday filled with surprises.
I spent five Christmas seasons (2015-2019) as House Mom for a fraternity. I lived there with 25-30 young men. I always thought of them as boys. It would be an understatement to think of my life as an adventure. The House never looked the same when I woke up in the morning as it did when I went to bed!
I always decorated for the holidays and I think most of them appreciated it. I didn't have much of a budget for decorating so I borrowed a tree and made most of the decorations myself.
Of course, the tree decorations were unbreakable!
My bedroom, sitting room, and bath were on the main floor at the end of the hall. I lived there full time. Oh, the stories I could tell.
I had a little tree in my room .
One year I pretended it was a big tree and placed it on top of a cabinet.
I always felt pretty proud of the young men (boys) and hoped that I made a small difference in their lives. I got married in 2019 and when I was undecorating after the last Christmas, and feeling very sentimental, I found these black bikini underwear hanging on the tree right in front of the window. And that's what it's like to be a House Mom.
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