Seaton Beach Christmas 2019
Christmas Day 2019 and the weather was very kind to us. It took extremely creative photography to make the beach seem as quiet and tranquil as this. There were hundreds of people and dogs taking in the sunshine .
The pre- turkey sandwich beach walking team.
Going back to Advent#24
https://theoldmortuary.design/2019/12/23/advent24/
Two strangers who discovered they were siblings, walking on a beach.
Christmas Eve, normally the last chocolate in the advent calender, however this blogs advent is going to stretch just into January to cover the whole of Yule, an all encompassing Advent.
Like many families we have a few empty chairs at Christmas . Grief and sadness is part of the festive season for many people.
But replenishment happens too. Sometimes in unexpected ways. Two years ago we bought an AncestryDNA kit for our brother/ brother-in-law.
AncestryDNA
The story is not ours to tell but here is a link to a radio programme that tells the tale, make a cup of tea it’s a good listen.
http://www.wypr.org/post/finding-family-dna-tests-help-two-strangers-discover-they-are-siblings
A consequence of the DNA kit is that we all have a whole new chunk of family in the USA.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna/
Today these two lovely people arrived to spend Christmas with us
Also joining us for the first time is our adorable VV.
Families have a way of filling empty chairs.
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