What we’re about
Welcome to 'A Home for the Holidays' where people come together to create a sense of family during the holiday season. If you enjoy eating and drinking and/or connecting and being there for others, this group provides a warm and welcoming environment for all when we need it most --over the holidays! Perhaps if it is a small group, we'll meet at a restaurant open on Thanksgiving. If larger, we can hold it at an area park where we all bring a dish--and enjoy Thanksgiving the way it was originally held. Or, maybe we'll meet for a walk if the above sounds complicated. We can decide together over the next few weeks. Let's spread some joy and kindness during the holiday season. Join us for a sense of belonging and companionship, because here at 'A Home for the Holidays' if you have no family, its really no problem!
My hope is that this will grow into something larger. In December, we could meet to see and walk the lights at Norfolk Botanical Gardens. or go to Busch Gardens holiday festivites, host a holiday dinner complete with a dirty santa gift exchange. And later, with interest, we could break into smaller groups based on interest. But, first things first! Thanksgiving!!!
A little about your hostess: I'm in my mid 50's, no kids, and grew up in a family where the holidays were HUGE! Over the last ten years, I've lost my three closest family members, and have not been able to recapture the specialness of those holidays. Yes, I have two family members in town, but my sibling travels over the holidays to see his gandchild. And his signicant other invites me to to their gatherings (bless her!) but I always feel like I'm crashing another family's holiday! LOL! And my nephew is newly married and spends his holidays at his new bride's family --as he should. So, I decided to just 'get through' the holidays. But then I wondered if anyone else was in similar shoes? Surely, I'm not the only one... So here we are!
Who should attend:
If you are:
- A 'SINK' or 'DINK' and long for that larger family feel
- An individual or couple or small family with no relatives nearby and/ or have friends but they travel over the holidays
- A spouse whose significant other is working out of state, deployed, etc.
- An individual who works in retail or other holiday-related field and can't make it home for the holidays.
- An introvert who is fine being an introvert--except during the holidays!
- A newly divorced individual looking to build a new life with new friends because all your 'old friends' picked a side!
- A widower who needs a good distraction, some laughs and some much needed companionship.
- An empty nester and your little chickadees can't make it 'home' for the holidays.
- You recently moved here and are looking to make new friends.
- And the list goes on...who am I forgetting?!
We start with Thanksgiving. Maybe it will be 5 of us, maybe 10, maybe 25. Depending on the numbers will determine location/venue, etc. If you want to help with planning, please indicate so. We could use some help! Please join and we'll keep you up-to-date as plans progress!
