Thank you Allison for the compliment and your kind thoughtful response.

The holidays are hard for most.

In short to be proactive I invited 'friends' over for a brunch on New Year's day. My husband was going to take the kids and do some work at his dad's. I didn't want to be alone and depressed. When I'm alone I tend to spiral down.

3 people were yes's. Of those 3, 1 person showed, 1 person forgot and one person called me the morning of and told me she's going out for breakfast with her boyfriend (after I talked to her the night before and she was coming over).

Mind you I went out of my way to make/put together: waffles w strawberries, whipped cream, toasted almonds, eggs, Cinnamon buns, croissants, eggs. fruit etc.. The person that called the morning of was family.

The one person that did show up was my MIL. And I think she came out of sympathy.

After my guest left my husband came home with my boys at 6pm. I cried when my 5yr old came up to me for a big hug. I love for my sons and their perfect love is what I live for.

Thanks for listening.

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