Christmas Eve was our favorite part of the holiday. The busyness was pretty much over and it was our time. Decorations were up, gifts were purchased and wrapped and the Christmas morning chaos when our children woke up was still hours away. We savored this peaceful last part of the day. We did the same thing almost every year. After our children were tucked in bed, Mike and I would each open one of our gifts. We would watch “A Christmas Carol” and I would sip my Amaretto cocktail while he sipped his Grand Marnier with the soft glow of the lights from our tree filling the room. Life, at that moment, was as perfect as it could possibly ever be.