This article appears in Dec 18-24, 2008.
T’is the season
I just recently lost a parent and have not felt very festive. I decided yesterday that I was going to join the world of the living and go mingle with other people that are preparing for the holidays. I really don’t know what I was expecting, but what I
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I’m sorry to hear your holidays are not as Merry as they once were. Sometimes it takes a loss like that to make you really appreciate what you still have. Christmas is over rated and makes people a little crazy. I know it is frustrating to see people act this way when you are at a point of clarity on what really matters, but you’ll find life goes on , and people will continue to be mindless consumers. If this loss is fresh, I would advise you to hibernate until all this “merry-ment” is over. I wish you a peaceful holiday season, they’ll never be the same again, but they will get better.
I haven’t bought a present yet…& I’m not going to, unless you count the 1920’s art deco ring I got for my girlfriend yesterday & gave her last nite…just cause I love her & I know she really likes stuff like that.Tomorrow is a pre Christmas party at Mom & Dad’s ,most of the family will be there. All of the family will be there Christmas day. We’ll all be together again New Years eve for a big Lobster Boil family ring in the New Year… THAT for me anyway is what this is all about! ! ! ! the stress, the presents, the commercialism. Well I’ve gotten rid of all that & focus just on family & family fun. Now Christmas …well, It has never been better.So ” a little disappointed” get together with those people who also share in your/their loss this first Xmas season without your lost loved one .Remember your loved one together , it’ll bring you closer. I hope that contact also brings you all some happiness.Merry Christmas