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CHAPTER 23
Making the Decision
(Giselle)
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s the Christmas season began, I had no spirit. I was completely
depressed. For the first time in my life, I did not celebrate
Christmas. I have always been like my father. We were both like
little kids during the Christmas season. Daddy would always get the
biggest tree for Christmas and start buying gifts in November. So for
me not to celebrate Christmas meant something was desperately
wrong. I bought no gifts, did no shopping, put up no decorations.
Leroy, in his, pretend mode as always, put up the decorations. I just
completely ignored him.
The only good thing that occurred that Christmas was that my
renters called on Christmas Eve, informing me they were moving on
January 10th. It was God’s gift to give me some space because I was
going down fast.
We were also scheduled to leave for FL on Christmas Eve, but as
the time to leave grew closer I got sick to my stomach again, having
to lie by the toilet for hours, Leroy had gotten up at 3:00 am and was
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