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Another Christmas
Bette nodded. “Sure, T.”
“I’ll go change,” Tina said, lifting herself out of her seat and picking up her shoes. “Be right back.”
Bette felt her smile fading as Tina left the room. Tina had barely noticed the tree, in fact she had almost dismissed it.
Well, Bette thought with a sigh, that was a flop. I’m going to have to do better than that.
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Days passed and Tina showed no interest in decorating the tree or the house, so Bette relented and decided to just carry on and do it herself, with Angie as her helper. It was surprisingly fun to do. Bette bought a wreath for the front door and some new decorations for the tree. They spent one fun afternoon getting everything done, but Angie insisted that she wouldn’t put the star on the tree without her Mama T there to see it. That evening they waited for Tina to show up, and Bette even permitted Angie’s demand to stay up a little later than usual to wait for her other mother. Tina didn’t make it before Angie fell asleep. Bette carefully removed the star from Angie’s hands and set it down on the coffee table, then picked up her daughter and carried her up to bed.
Bette kept up the vigil in the living room, her annoyance growing at every hour that passed and text and call that went unanswered or sent to voice mail. Finally Tina showed up, looking tired but triumphant, but by then Bette’s anger seemed to have spent itself. She didn’t have the heart to confront Tina when she looked so beat.
“Good day?” Bette asked.
“Great day,” Tina corrected. “I think we’ve turned the corner.”
“I tried to call you,” Bette said, keeping her voice even.
“Sorry, babe. I was on a call to L.A. hammering details out with the west coast office. We’re 90% of the way there,” Tina replied. Her eyes fell on the star on the coffee table and she turned to look at the tree.
“We were going to wait for you, but…”
“The tree looks great, babe.” Tina grinned at Bette.
“Ang didn’t want to put the star on the tree until you were here,” Bette said. Tina’s smile faltered a bit and her eyes softened some.
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That was wonderful and sweet, love it. Merry Christmas !
Hey :) I really enjoyed that. Thanks & Merry Christmas kiddo! x
I just love your holiday stories OMalley! Your curmudgeon Bette in the past has had me tickled with laughter. However, this story, touched my heart…Bette shows the true meaning of Christmas…helping others who are less fortunate, teaching our children to be kind, bringing family and friends together for good times and memories. Who needs Santa Clause…when we have your beautiful and kind Bette! Love this story!!! Thank you! Hugs to ya! Merry Christmas!
beautiful and realistic amazing holiday story, happy holidays!
WOW!!! That was so Amazing Thank you!!!!
That was lovely. Great story.
Shows what is important to celebrate….family, friends and helping others not as fortunate. Nicely done!
So heartwarming. Thanks for the posting and Merry Christmas xo
Bette and Tina are going to have a perfect Christmas. I see that Bette is still all about those grand gestures even if she’s mellowed. Thank you omalley and happy holidays to you.
Enjoyed your holiday story! Happy Holidays to you!
I enjoyed that a lot. Thanks for sharing and happy holidays.
Wonderful story, thanks.
Beautiful story.Thank you and Merry Christmas.
That was just awesomely excellent. Thank you. Was so wonderful. Merry Christmas!
This is simply beautiful and heartwarming, omalley. Hope you and your loved ones had a Merry Christmas. Thanks a bunch and Cheers! =)
That was a nice Christmas Story. I loved that Angie understood what Bette was trying to show her about Christmas and then when she wanted to get more toys for the other kids was just so precious. Glad too that t
As I was saying-Glad to that Tina will have time off to be with her family and her framily.
I wish on the show they showed Angelica running a muck in driving her mom’s crazy lol that would’ve been so cute and funny
Now, this story is what Xmas is really about! Amazing!