Make Memories...The Lasting Holiday Gift

By Monika McGillicuddy

Happy Holidays To All 


                      
 Make Memories this Holiday because those are gifts that last a lifetime...

Seems like just yesterday when we moved into our new home in New Hampshire...we didn't have much. My mom and dad packed us up..wasn't all that much to pack. They took us on a voyage that would bring us many miles across the sea... away from the only home they ever knew.

I can't imagine what that must have felt like. Taking your very young family, leaving your own family..mother, father, siblings and everything you knew and loved behind.
 
Leaving your comfort zone all in the hopes and dreams of a better life for your own children. Imagine arriving in the United States of America...not knowing the language and only knowing one person! Imagine how lonely and scary that must have been..to only know...one person!

My parents struggled and my dad worked two jobs..they scrimped and saved and eventually bought some land in southern NH. We all worked to clear that land...build a house and finally we were able to leave behind that small apartment and move into our new home...and what a home it was. 

I'll never forget that first Christmas..it was so magical..so special!!

This is really for my mom and dad...they are my hero's...I don't think I can ever really tell them how much their sacrifice means to me and how much I love them.  For anyone reading this.... Make Memories this year and have a Wonderful Extra Special Holiday!