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Originally published on December 7, 2010.
The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don’t come to mind when we want them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
While December is a joyous holiday season, for Catholics, November is the month of remembrance. It starts with All Saints Day on the 1st and All Souls’ Day on the 2nd. All Saints Day is when we remember all those who the Catholic Church has recognized as being holy. All Souls Day is for remembering everyone else who has died.
In a previous post I described how I use the Jewish tradition of Yahrzeit to remember my family and friends who have died. I learned about this tradition from Continue reading » Thanks for the Memories
Take some time to enjoy the sparkle of the holidays!
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.
— Charles Dickens
As we get closer to Christmas some of us – me included – are beginning to feel the pressure of the impending date and everything that must be done by the 25th. And, before we morph into Star Trek “grumps”, I say it’s time to Continue reading » Put the Sparkle Back in Your Holidays!
Friends are God’s apology for relations.
— Hugh Kingsmill
This is the time of year that is supposed to be about getting together with family and friends. I don’t know how it is for other families, but in my family, Christmas is like a fairy tale. Good children get everything they want. There are no bad children. There are unlimited funds. Everyone loves everyone. And we all live happily ever after – just as soon as we Continue reading » Have a Real Merry Christmas
Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!
— Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
And we’re off… on the rush to get from Thanksgiving to Christmas and get everything done that needs to be done. Somehow, we need to shove 8 weeks of shopping, cooking, entertaining, partying and traveling all into the four weeks between the two holidays.
I suppose that there is some comfort in the hurley-burley of racing around and getting things done. It helps us to not notice that our nest is empty or our parents have gone. If we’re busy focused on the tasks, maybe we won’t Continue reading » Dang, It’s the Holidays!
Won’t you be my neighbor?
— Fred Rogers
Growing up in Chicago, I lived in a nice neighborhood. At least I thought it was nice. The thing was that we didn’t really know our neighbors. The people who lived directly to the North of us had the only garage in the neighborhood and they could go in and out through the garage without having to talk to anyone. The front of their house opened out on Fargo, so we never saw them… except for the time that the woman put the car in drive and drove into the house instead of out of the garage.
Most of the kids went to Hebrew school after regular school so they couldn’t come out and play during most of the school year. So, we really didn’t get to Continue reading » Families of Choice
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