chapter twenty three

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The outfit is not for Christmas Eve it's for Christmas day for Christmas Eve all she wears is her boots pants jewelry an a nice button up shirt.

       -Christmas Eve-   

"wake up we have a long drive to Arkansas to see Grandma an Grandpa." John says. I wake up an push him an Abigail out of the room an got dressed. I went downstairs an seen momma, Abigail, an John waiting for me. "Is the truck packed?" I ask. "No it's not sorry dear we didn't know how we would do it you an dad usually do it." Mom says. "Ok that's fine John brag some bags an come with me oh just leave the present bag." I say. I grab mine an mom's bag while he grabs his an Abigail's an we pack my truck an then put the ice chest in the back then I grab the present bag an put it in it's normal spot but only in my truck. "Ok mom you can put the food an drinks in the icechest now." I say. Her an Abigail get up an do that while I go upstairs to wake up Beau. "Beau hey we are about to leave I will call you when I get there ok." I say. He rolls over an kisses me an then goes back to sleep because it's like four in the morning. I go back downstairs an we load up an I begin to drive to Arkansas. "Ok um how are we going to do this Dixie?" Mom ask. "I'm going to drop you off at Grandma an Grandpa's house an then go to my dad's parents house." I say. "Your coming back in the morning right." Mom says. "Yes after breakfast." I say. "Ok well it's nice of you to go over there with out your dad." Mom says. I smile but it's fake because his parents never liked me or my siblings because they did not want my dad to marry mom.

 -skip to dad's parents house-

I knock on the door with John an Abigail beside me. "Hello oh it's you kids go away with out your dad we don't want y'all here." Grandma barks. "We at least want to give you an Grandpa are gifts." I say. John an Abigail hold up the boxes an Grandma let's us in. We sit down an hand them there presents an they open them. "Thank you y'all are not as bad as you seemed not like your mother crazy women." Grandpa says. "Well we came to visite even with dad still not here we are family." I say. "True but we don't want y'all here a postcard would of been better now get out of my house." Grandpa says. We stand up an leave only to be stopped by Grandma. "I'm sorry about him kids he is grouchy around this time here take these for trip back an drive safe Dixie." Grandma says. She hands us a plate of cookies an then slams the door shut an we get back in the truck an drive back to mom's parents house. "They that bad still?" Mom ask. "Yea they took the presents an Grandpa made us leave but Grandma gave us cookies." I say. "That was sweet of her well come on it's cold out go to bed when you wake up Santa will have come. John an Abigail run upstairs an go to sleep while I talk to mom an help her set the presents out an go to bed. 

     -Christmas morning-

I woke up an got dressed an grabbed my new phone an went downstairs. "Good morning." I say. The only ones that were up was mom, Grandma,an grandpa an they say good morning back an I sit on the couch next to momma. "When is uncle Dan an his family going to get here?" I ask. "Oh um well they are not coming Kasey is sick." Grandma says. "Oh poor Kasey I hope she gets to feeling better." I say. "I do to so it's going to be just us go wake up John an Abigail so we can have breakfast." Mom says. I run upstairs an wale them up an we go downstairs an sit at the dining table. We say grace an go to open presents. "Here dear we thought you might like to just open one box so all your stuff is in there." Grandpa says. He pushes a box in front of me an I open it an see that I got new boots,belts, a hat, shirts,pants,shorts,ect. "Oh Thank you Grandpa Grandma." I say standing up hugging them. "Your Welcome dear." Grandma says. Everyone else finishes opening presents an mom pulls me outside. "Now before your dad died he gave me something an told me to give it to you an tell you this you were all ways my night time baby an went your own way an you must keep doing that." Mom says. I begin to cry as she gives me the necklace with the half moon an compos on it an clamps it around my neck an hugs me as we begin to cry. "Do you think he knew?" I ask. "Dear he had been praying a lot an going into town the doctor called an told me that he knew but did not want him to tell us he wanted us to injoy the time." Mom says. I smile an we hug again an quite crying an go back inside an see everybody curled up watching old home movies. "Oh I remember that you recorded the first time James came over an meet the family oh how that was a fun day." Mom says smiling. We watch the home movies until lunch time then we ate lunch an then we said are good byes an went home.

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