Page 26 2025 Home For The Holidays Lincoln Daily News MOM I’m Coming Home There are hundreds of variations everywhere you look, the Lifetime movies, television commercials, sitcom skits and even in the movie theaters. But what if this happens to you in your own home? You get that phone call, “I’m coming home for Thanksgiving!” or “We’re all coming home for Christmas!” Most likely you will be excited, who wouldn’t be to have their kid or kids home right where they belong! Your mind goes into overdrive thinking about the decorating, food, gifts, and all the relatives coming over. You miss those days when the house was buzzing, the smells made you consistently hungry and the decorations gave you a warm feeling of nostalgia, comfort, and memories. The weekends in December that you spent baking for others, volunteering, wrapping presents and playing Christmas music. Everything was prepped, the oven was on, the mixer was mixing, and the kids were all around the table laughing and showing their creative side rolling, cutting out, and decorating those sugar cookies, stirring the divinity, melting the chocolates for the buckeyes, haystacks and covered pretzels. The kids sharing, encouraging, helping, and praising each other were as sweet as the truffles you were making and as solid as the ribbon candy hardening. You think back to when the kids had their holiday parties at school and the joy they expressed, picking out that perfect gift for their teacher and classmate. Making your lists and preparing for that special family tradition. Maybe it was popping popcorn and stringing it on the tree, or even going out and spending
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